Hey, guys! Welcome to the new chapter of Bomb's Away! I hope you guys will enjoy the chapter...oh, and I don't own anything except for my OCs, as the OCs Jack Sparrow and Jake belong entirely to 9655.

NOW LET'S GET ON WITH THE STORY!

{Bombs Away!-Season 1, Episode 11: The Straw Hats vs the Arlong Pirates-Part 2!}

~[Asher, Luffy, Jack, Arlong, Nami, Jake, Usopp, Akira, Johnny, Yosaku, and the Cocoyashi Villagers]~

"I'M BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!" Luffy cheered happily while soaring through the air as everyone glanced up at him and beamed excitedly as they cheered.

"Finally!" A smirking Asher yelled as he and Jack cheered loudly.

"Big Bro Luffy! Hell yeah!" Johnny and Yosaku cheered happily while hugging each other gleefully as they cried endless tears in relief.

"Luffy..." Nami says with happy teary eyes and a weak smile on her face as the Village Doctor finishes treating her and Gin's wounds with white bandages wrapped around Nami's bloody stump while Gin had white bandages on his body and face.

"Captain Luffy, he's free. About time."

"Whoa! The Rubber Guy is still alive!" A stunned Akira yelled as Usopp let out a loud happy laugh while falling back as he fell down into the ground with Jake.

"You're...late...idiot..." Zoro grunted out with a tight smile as Arlong glared up at the Captain of the Straw Hats furiously.

"HEY, ZORO!" Luffy shouted while stretching his arms over to grab a surprised Zoro as the green-haired swordsman felt a feeling of deep dread hit his body. "LET'S SWITCH!" Luffy yelled while retracting his arms and was able to save Zoro from Arlong's clutches but also sent him flying off into the air, screaming as he crashed down into the ocean near the Gates of Arlong Park.

"YOU FUCKING IDIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!" An enraged Asher, Nami, Akira, Usopp, Jack, Jake, Johnny, Yosaku, and the Cocoyashi Villagers all exclaimed in unison while glaring up at the airborne Rubberman as Gin sighed heavily and facepalmed while shaking his head as he then turned around to try and save Zoro.

"Gomu Gomu No...Rocket-Bell!" Luffy screamed while stretching his limbs over to grab onto two giant white stone pillars and proceeded to slingshot himself downwards to collide against Arlong's forehead, creating a big shockwave and causing him to stumble backwards as a glaring Luffy landed in front of him. "Gomu Gomu No...Whip!" Luffy shouted as he reared back his left leg, and it stretched backwards as the black-haired man proceeded to throw a fierce stretchy kick at Arlong's side and sent him flying to the left as the Rubberman then spread out his arms and began spinning around rapidly until his rubbery body is twisted up tightly.

"Gomu Gomu No...Pinwheel...Extravaganza!" Luffy yelled while spinning himself around rapidly, resembling a red/blue/yellow tornado as he zooms towards Arlong like an uncontrollable tornado and collided against him, causing the screaming Fishman to be sent flying around crazily as they crashed through numerous pillars holding up Arlong Park with said building still miraculously standing as Luffy then skids to a stop with a scowl on his face. "Gomu-Gomu No...Pistol!" Luffy says while throwing a stretchy punch that flew over to collide with Arlong's chest, sending him skidding back as the Captain of the Straw Hat Pirates growled. "Gomu Gomu No...Gatling...Punches!" Luffy exclaimed while stretching out his arms and began punching a stunned Arlong so fast that it looked like he had multiple arms as, once he was done, the Fishman was sent flying back and crashed through the wall of Arlong Park, shattering it immensely and shaking the ground as Asher and the others looked in with pride, happiness, shock, and awe.

"...Is that all you got?" A stoic and unfazed Arlong asked while getting out of the rubble as Luffy grinned.

"That didn't work!?" A shocked Johnny and Yosaku asked as Luffy didn't look fazed or worried about this.

"Nope. That was just a warm-up. Now the real fun has begun."

"What's wrong with you, you pathetic scum? I think you would have been happier sleeping at the bottom of the ocean." Arlong says with a glare as Luffy shakes his head and begins stretching himself for the upcoming fight.

"No, actually, I'm pretty thankful to have been rescued."

"Do you not understand my anger? To see my brethren killed by your lame pals? Soon enough, you're going to be wishing you had died earlier. You have no one to help you in this battle. You are all alone." Arlong says mockingly with a sneer as a glaring Asher steps forward while his body is covered with explosive pink energy.

"Actually, he's got help."

"Two of them." A determined Jack says with a scowl as he grunts. "Zoan Mystic-Ryu Ryu no Mi Model: Human/Beast-Obelisk Form!" Jack exclaimed while using his Devil Fruit Powers to transform into his Human-Beast Obelisk Form as Asher and the others looked stunned by this new transformation.

Standing before them is Jack in his Human/Beast Obelisk Form as he is 9'4 feet tall and resembles a massive muscular blue-skinned humanoid demon with pupilless purple eyes as his head is covered in spikes with twin spikes jut from his cheeks and long spikes sideways from the back of the head as there are two spikes from his temples, a short spike on the chin, and a tri-spiked crest on the top of his head, a purple sapphire in his forehead, a lipless mouth with pointed white teeth, large shoulder pauldrons that have two large spikes protruding vertically, a pair of simple triangular wings that are about the same height that he is, its forearm armor has spikes protruding at the elbows, and his groin and knees are armored with diamond-shaped plates while a shield-shaped plate covers the posterior, a pair of humanoid arms with spiked sheath-like claws covering its fingertips and small diamond-shaped plates covering the knuckles, and a pair of anisodactylous feet with three toes in front and a single one behind.

~[Sanji, Cottontail, Gin, Genzo, Nojiko, and Zoro]~

"If they lose, we are all gonna die, aren't we?" Sanji stated bluntly while sitting next to Cottontail, Gin, Genzo, and Nojiko as Gin could be seen rescuing a really pissed-off Zoro from out of the water in the foreground.

"Yep," Cottontail stated bluntly as Genzo sighed heavily.

"Yeah, we will."

"And when that happens, it will be the end of the East Blue too," Nojiko says somberly as she gives Luffy, Asher, and Jack a pleading, hopeful look.

~[Asher, Luffy, Nami, Jack, Jake, Usopp, Gin, Akira, Johnny, Yosaku, and the Cocoyashi Villagers]~

"Do you know what the difference is between me and you three?" Arlong asked with a tense glare after he and the others got over Jack's transformation as said person and Asher joined in with Luffy on the stretching as well.

"Our noses?"

"That we have hearts?"

"That we are not assholes?" Luffy, Jack, and Asher asked in unison as Arlong fumed.

"Uh, are they serious, Big Sis?" A disbelieving Akira asked while helping Nami by having her lean against him for support as she gave off a tired chuckle.

"Yep, they are like that..."

"SPECIES, YOU SMARTASSES!" A pissed-off Arlong exclaimed while using over to try and bite them, only for Asher and the boys to avoid the attack as he ended up accidentally biting into the stone pillar.

"That idiot, he'll bite off his own tongue! His teeth must be shattered into pieces!" Usopp chastises just as Arlong shatters apart the stone pillar, shocking everyone as Nami, Akira, and the rest of the Cocoyashi Villagers had knowing and grimacing glares on their faces.

"Damn, that's actually pretty cool. If this guy bites us, he will not only give us bite marks, but he will bite right through our bones." A surprised and admittedly impressed Asher says to Luffy and Jack, who nods as a glaring Arlong turns to face them.

"You see, this is the true power of Fishmen. The Heavens have made a distinction between us. The Heavens only gave you humans enough strength to exist below us, you are inferior animals. From the very moment we were born, everything was different. I'll show you just how different we really are."

"Sure, show me, but there's no way in hell that we'll lose to you, Fishface!" Jack yelled with a scowl as a glaring Luffy nodded.

"Yeah, because I'm the one who'll become the King of the Pirates!"

"And I will become the strongest man in the world."

"And I will become a legend." Luffy, Asher, and Jack said in unison as Arlong stared at them in disbelief and amusement.

"King of the Pirates? The strongest man in the world? A legend? Don't make me laugh. You think mere humans like you can become the King of the Pirates, the strongest man in the world, and a legend?" Arlong says while bending down to pick up a loose piece of rubble and begin throwing it up and down. "You can't even crush a pillar with your jaws."

"It's true. Humans can't crush that thick pillar using their teeth." Usopp pointed out nervously as Akira nodded in agreement while sitting near his still-injured one-armed sister.

"Yeah, if those jaws get a hold of you, it won't just give you bite marks. It will bite right through your body."

"Oh, wow, you can bite right through a pillar, so impressive." A deadpan Asher says while rolling his eyes as Jack nods with a scoff.

"Yeah, it's not like we can also destroy a stone pillar with our fists or anything..."

"Quite your bragging already. Smashing stones with your teeth isn't really that smart."

"Ooh, snap, if Luffy is the one to say that, then you know you are dumb," Jack says with a laugh as Arlong fumes angrily.

"Whoo, way to go, Big Bro Luffy!/Tell it like it is!" Johnny and Yosaku exclaimed in unison as a laughing Akira nodded.

"Yeah, you're right! What kind of idiot bites a rock, anyway?! Not even I tried that and I was mad stupid as a kid!"

"Well, not by much." A bemused Nami says while cradling her bandaged stump arm as Arlong feels his left eye twitch in irritation.

"You fools! That's beside the point! The whole human race is ignorant and pathetic! What good are all of you if you can't even save yourself in the ocean?! You all can't do anything!" Arlong screamed while rushing forward to try and bite the trio.

"Bomu Bomu No...Bombs Away!" Asher exclaimed while reaching into his pockets to pull out a bunch of shurikens as he infused his explosive pink energy into them and tossed them forward as they flew over to collide against the ground in front of a charging Arlong and multiple small explosions rang out that blinded him momentarily, but didn't injure him as he continued running forward, although ended up being blinded by the fact of as Jack running over to attack him.

"Zoan Mystic-Ryu Ryu No...Fist of Fury!" Jack screamed while raising his arm as it got covered with hot purple flames and delivered a strong punch across Arlong's face, sending him flying away and crashing down into the ground, hard enough that it cracked violently.

"As a matter of fact, I'm worthless without my friends!" A smirking Luffy says while stretching his arms over to grab Johnny and Yosaku's swords as he then leaped over to attack a surprised Arlong.

"Whoa, Luffy is a swordsman?!" A shocked Akira asked...before deadpanning as he and the others spotted Luffy flailing his swords around at Arlong, who easily blocked and avoided the Rubberman's predictable sword attacks as he scoffed with a glare.

"What the hell are you doing now?! Whatever this is, it's not swordplay! You're just waving them around and hoping that one of your swords will hit me like a child playing a game of Pirates!" Arlong shouted while strapping his trident on his back as he then not only blocked one of Luffy's sword attacks but easily shattered the weapon into a billion pieces with his nose as the Fishman narrowed his eyes down at him stoically. "I'm not interested in fooling around with you!" A growling Arlong says just as Luffy swung his remaining sword at him as said person easily broke it into pieces after biting into it, but this left him wide open for the Rubberman's next attack as he grinned cockily.

"Gomu-Gomu No...Pistol!" Luffy says while throwing a stretchy punch that flies over to collide with Arlong's jaw, breaking apart his teeth into a billion pieces and sending him flying away as he crashes down into the ground, shocking everyone as Luffy retracted his arm and huffed as he scowled.

"Of course, I don't know a damn thing about swords, you dumbass!"

"Wait, what exactly is he trying to say here?!" A worried Usopp asked as Asher was able to hear him and shrugged.

"Don't know, but it looks like Luffy is gearing up to deliver a powerful speech."

"I don't know how to navigate, either. I can't blow up stuff on command. I can't transform. I can't cook. I can't wield and use these giant metal tonfas. I can't turn invisible. I can't fly. I can't slither. I can't even lie." Luffy stated with a hot glare as Arlong and the others looked shocked and confused by what he was saying. "I'm confident that I can't live without my friends' help."

"...Heh...so you fully admit how pathetic you are? How pitiful. You may be a fool, but at least you are honest." Arlong says while getting up from the ground as he cradles his mouth. "I honestly feel bad for your crewmates to have someone so pathetic and weak like you to be their Captain. They must really resent you, but that makes me wonder. Why should they risk their lives to save someone like you? Someone they can't be proud of, why should you be their captain? What can you do?"

"...I can beat the crap out of ya with the help of my friends!"

"Damn, right," Asher says with a smug grin as he and Jack stepped forward to stand beside their Captain.

"Let's get this shit over with already. I'm hungry for some sushi."

"Yeah! We got your back, guys!" Usopp cheered as Nami, Akira, Jake, Johnny, Yosaku and the Cocoyashi Villagers began cheering for the trio to win as Arlong growled angrily under his breath.

~[Sanji, Cottontail, Gin, Genzo, Nojiko, and Zoro]~

"That goes without saying, piece of shit," Sanji says with a glare while smoking from his cigarette while lying down on the ground with Cottontail lying on his lap as Genzo and Nojiko sat near them as Zoro and Gin could be seen sitting a little feet away from the group.

"Yeah, so go ahead and kill that bastard already."

"If you get yourself killed, I'll kill you." Zoro threatened with a scowl as Gin sighed heavily.

"If he dies, we all die."

"Thanks for ruining the mood, dude." An annoyed Nojiko says while shaking her head as Genzo sighs somberly.

{Bombs Away-Season 1 Theme Song!}

Wealth, fame, power

Gold Roger, the King of the Pirates,

Attained this and everything else the world had to offer,

And his dying words drove countless souls to the seas

At Loguetown, we see the King of Pirates himself, Captain Gold Roger, currently wearing shackles and kneeling down in a large stadium with two Marines standing beside him with a couple of swords in their arms as a huge crowd of people could be seen standing in front of them and were screaming at Roger to reveal where he had hidden all of the treasure and wealth that he had accumulated over the years as the King of Pirates heard this and, even though he was going to get executed soon, couldn't help but grin widely with excitement and glee.

"Oh, you all want my treasure?! You can have it! I left everything I gathered together in one place! Now you just have to find it~!" Captain Gold Roger exclaimed with a loud, joyful laugh.

These words lured men to the Grand Line

In pursuit of dreams greater than they've ever dared to imagine

This is the time known as 'The Great Pirate Era!'

Once the King of Pirates was executed, hundreds of Pirates immediately boarded their ships and set their sails as they all quickly sailed off into the dangerous ocean and began making their way to the Grand Line to find the Legendary One Piece as this officially issued, 'The Great Pirate Era!'.

Come aboard and bring along

All your hopes and dreams

Together, we will find everything

That we're looking for!

ONE PIECE!

Sharing an excited and determined grin, Luffy and Asher can be seen running up a hill as the Bombman then kneeled down and allowed the Rubberman to leap up to land on his back as Asher created a huge explosion underneath his legs, and it propelled them up into the air as the Boys cheered loudly and numerous visions of all of the current members of the Straw Pirates appeared in front of them as a glaring and malnourished Zoro can be seen tied up against a post in Shells Town, a panting and panicking Nami can be seen running away from Three of Buggy's Henchmen in Orange Town, and a purring Cottontail eating a couple of mushrooms on the Island of Rare Animals.

A smirking Usopp crossed his arms as he stood on top of a tall cliff in Syrup Village with Kaya standing beside him and wrapped her arms around him as the wind blew their hair away, a stoic Sanji walked through the Baratie while smoking a cigarette and carrying around a dish filled with food as he could be seen serving the food to Jack and a glaring Gin can be seen standing in the background as the Krieg Pirates' Flag can be seen waving behind him, Akira can be seen sitting on the chair and was being served food by a smiling Nojiko in Cocoyasi Village, and a giggling Apis flew through the air while being morphed into the form of a Dragon as she soared through Warship Island.

After the visions were done, the Future Pirate King and the Future Strongest Man In The World then perked up as they spotted the Going Merry sailing through the seas, and a laughing Luffy grabbed onto Asher's body as he then stretched his free arm to wrap over to latch onto the Straw Hat Pirates' Flag and they propelled themselves forwards with the Duo laughing joyfully as they crashed right into the Going Merry's Deck.

Compass left behind

It'll only slow us down

Your heart will be your guide

Raise the sails and take the helm

The Going Merry can be seen sailing through the treacherous ocean of the East Blue with numerous Sea Kings swimming past it as huge waves of water rang out, and the Straw Hat Pirates can be seen either staring at them in awe, cheering loudly, or panicking as they continued sailing through the ocean.

That legendary place

That the end of the map reveals

Is only legendary

'Till someone proves it real

Zooming into the Going Merry, we see Nami drawing maps inside of her room, a glaring Zoro and Gin sparring with each other on the main deck, Jack sailing the Going Merry, Usopp fixing up the damages done to the ship, a blushing and heart-eyed Sanji serving some food that he had cooked to a smiling and bashful Kaya, Akira washing the deck with the help of some mop and soap, a grinning Luffy residing on his usual seat (The Going Merry's Sheep Figurehead) to enjoy the beautiful day, and a smirking Asher could be seen riding around on the masthead with Apis riding around on his shoulders, and the Duo went starry-eyed at the sight of the amazing journey laid before them as Cottontail can be seen flying ahead of them.

Through it all, through all the troubled times

Through the heartache and through the pain

Know that I will be there to stand by you

Just like I know you'll stand by me

Narrowing his eyes furiously, Zoro gripped his three swords tightly and swung them around as he was able to slash away a group of charging Pirates, a glaring Gin twirled his tonfa around and spun around elegantly as he was able to whack away various Pirates, a calm and collected Sanji smoke his cigarette as a horde of Pirates surrounded him and aimed their swords at him as he swiftly got down in a handstand and twirled around as the blonde-haired simp was able to kick them all away, Jack opened up his mouth and fired a huge torrent of hot flame-like energy at a group of charging and menacing evil Pirates and sends them flying away with the help of a large fiery explosion as Cottontail flew by and hardened himself as he proceeds to trip every single one of the burned and flaming Pirates out of the Going Merry.

Crouching down, a grunting Akira then jumped up into the air and began slashing and punching every Pirates that he saw, a gleeful Kaya can be seen running around at high speeds to knock away every single Pirates that was in her sight before she began running around in a circle and created a huge gust of wind that blew them out of the Going Merry and splashed down into the ocean, a giggling Apis dodged and weaved to avoid all of the incoming swords slashes as she then jumped up into the air and ran her hands across a nearby flying Cottontail as she was able to absorb his DNA and morphed herself into a Winged Cotton Lemur as Apis hardened herself and twirled around as she fires multiple white spikes that pierced through the Pirates' bodies.

Standing back to back, a nervous yet determined Usopp fired various of his specially made explosive balls at all of the nearby Pirates as a scowling Nami used her staff to whack every Pirates she saw, and we see the Last Remaining Straw Hat Pirates standing near the end of the Going Merry and spotted the Enemy Pirates Ship floating beside them. Getting an idea, Asher then crouched down and jumped up high into the air as a smirking Luffy stretched up his arm and grabbed onto his leg as the Rubberman grunted and proceeded to swing the Bomberman down at the Pirates Ship with said person creating a huge explosion that blew apart the ship as the rest of the Straw Hat Pirate cheered loudly at what their Captain and Crewmate did.

So come aboard and bring along

All your hopes and dreams

Together, we will find everything

That we're looking for

Multiple vast images of all of the Incoming Arc Villains appeared as we see Iron Mace Alvida, Axe-Hand Morgan, Buggy the Star Clown, Kuro of a Hundred Plans, Eldoraggo, Foul-Play Krieg, Arlong the Saw, Garp the Fist, Smoker the White Hunter, Bear King, and Eric the Whirlwind as all of the Straw Hat Pirates Villains posed menacingly and scowled stoically.

There's always room for you

If you wanna be my friend

We are, we are, on the cruise

WE ARE!

After arriving near the Grand Line, Luffy can be seen sitting at his usual favorite seat in the Going Merry with Asher standing behind him as Nami wraps her arms around him and places her head on his shoulder as an annoyed Zoro stands near them on their right with Cottontail residing on top of his mossy head as Gin can be seen resting on the edge of the boat lazily, Usopp stood beside the Lovebirds on their left, and Sanji stands beside him as he smoked a cigarette and sighed heavily with Jack smiling widely and enjoying the sea breeze as Kaya stood behind them and smiled warmly while holding Apis and Akira in her arms as the logo of the story appeared in front of the readers.

{Bombs Away-Season 1 Theme Song Over!}

~[Asher, Luffy, Jack, Arlong, Nami, Jake, Usopp, Akira, Johnny, Yosaku, and the Cocoyashi Villagers]~

"Go ahead and cheer all you want, you inferior species, because it won't change a thing!" Arlong snapped while glaring at Nami and the others as they grew silent and watched on with wide shocked eyes as the Fishman proceeded to regrow his teeth.

"What the hell?! He regrew his teeth like it was nothing!" A shocked Asher exclaimed with Luffy going buggy-eyed as Jack turned to explain.

"Well, you see, guys, certain Fishmen like Arlong can regrow their teeth as many times as they want and each set becomes stronger and stronger."

"Indeed, Mr. Legend," Arlong says with a mocking tone while reaching up to grab the teeth in his mouth and ripping them out as he regrew new ones and swiftly ripped them out as well as the Fishman regrew his teeth yet again.

"Whoa, isn't that painful?" A gobsmacked Luffy asked as Arlong laughed loudly.

"Of course not, you nitwit! You can destroy my teeth a hundred times over and I will be unaffected by it and simply regrow new ones like it was nothing! This is a trait that the Heavens have given to me!"

"Oh, that is so cool!" An amazed Luffy and Asher say with starry eyes as they then yelped in pain when a glaring Jack swats them in the back of their heads.

"Yes, indeed. Are you beginning to understand just how superior I am, right now?" Arlong asked with a sly grin as his teeth glinted across the sunlight. "Fishman Shark Special Technique: Tooth...Attack!" Arlong screamed while charging forward to begin trying to bite them with his two sets of shark teeth as the gang dodged the attack and then spotted a nearby heavily injured Fishman lying around them as an idea popped into their heads.

"Bomu Bomu No...Smokebomb!" Asher shouted while covering himself with a pink explosive aura as he then set himself off and a large explosion occurred that didn't harm the Fishman but did create a big black smoke cloud that covered the whole area.

"Gomu-Gomu No...Elongated Grab!" Luffy yelled while stretching his arms over to latch onto the heavily injured Fishman and pulled him into the black smokescreen just as a roaring Arlong rushed into the cloud of black smoke and began swinging his two sets of white shark teeth with a maniacal laugh as he then stopped and grinned sinisterly...before gasping in shock and horror as the cloud of black smoke dissipated a bit and Arlong spotted both Asher and Luffy holding a now bleeding and sliced up Fishman as he cried out in pain and sorrow.

"M-My brother!" A horrified and shocked Arlong says just as Jack rushes out of the cloud of black smoke as his fist is covered with hot purple flames.

"Zoan Mystic-Ryu Ryu No...Fist of Fury!" Jack screamed while raising his arm as he delivered a strong punch across Arlong's face, sending him flying away yet again as he crashed down onto the ground with a pained groan. "Ha, got you bitch." A smirking Jack says as the cloud of black smoke dissipates completely and everyone is stunned by what the boys did as the groaning Fishman got up from the ground and scowled at the trio furiously.

"You freaking inferior bastards! How dare you use one of my Brothers as a shield!"

"Are you fucking serious?" A disbelieving Jack asked as a bewildered Luffy nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, you are the one attacking me, so in all fairness, you were the one who attacked your brother."

"Plus, you and your brothers have literally beaten nearly all of us to death and cut off Nami's arm. As my father used to say, payback's a bitch." Asher says with a smug grin as Arlong growls angrily and raises his set of shark teeth.

"Stand still, you bastards!"

"Heh, I just thought of a good idea." A grinning Luffy says while rubbing his chin thoughtfully.

"He's got an idea? What could it be?" A confused Johnny asked as Yosaku raised an eyebrow.

"Does he have some kind of special attack?"

"Why is my, 'Luffy is about to do something stupid', Senses tingling?" Nami asked with a groan and closed eyes as Akira gave her a curious look while Usopp rubbed his chin with a raised eyebrow as Luffy turned to Asher and Jack.

"Boys? Find a way to knock off Arlong's teeth and leave the rest to me."

"Understood/Gotcha," Asher and Jack said in unison as a glaring Arlong charged forward.

"Fishman Shark Special Technique: Tooth...Attack!" Arlong shouted while trying to have his two sets of shark teeth bite the duo, who were able to avoid all of his attacks as they then smirked cockily.

"Zoan Mystic-Ryu Ryu No...Wing Grab!" Jack screamed while raising his wings and slamming them down on top of Arlong's arms, forcing them to crash down to the ground and was restrained long enough for a determined Asher to jump forward.

"Bomu Bomu No...Bomb Punch!" Asher exclaimed while running forward to throw a glowing pink energy punch at Arlong's face, causing him to wail in pain as a big explosion occurred that knocked his teeth out and sent him flying over to crash down into the ground as everyone cheered while Luffy perked up as he stretched his arm over to grab Arlong's discarded teeth.

"Grrrrrr, you idiot! I told you that it doesn't matter how many times you break my teeth, I will simply regrow them back to normal like it was nothing!" Arlong screamed while regrowing his teeth as he grinned devilishly...before he and the others did a double take as they spotted Luffy stupidly jamming Arlong's teeth into his mouth with a big smirk on his face.

"Uh, Big Bro Luffy? That can't be sanitary." A worried Yosaku says awkwardly as a laughing Luffy points at his mouth.

"Hey, guys, look! Now, I got sharp teeth too!"

"...S...So there wasn't any secret plan at all?!" Yosaku and Johnny asked with wide shocked eyes as Nami sighed heavily and facepalmed.

"Really, what were you guys expecting? It's Luffy."

"Big Sis, I don't want to be mean, but your friend is dumb." A blank-faced Akira says as Usopp shakes his head in annoyance and disappointment.

"You wanna know something? I knew what Luffy was planning from the very beginning and even I know that's a stupid plan." Asher says to Jack as said person raises an eyebrow at him.

"Then why didn't you stop him?"

"Captain's Orders, I can't ignore them," Asher says with a shrug as Arlong slowly blinked at Luffy in pure disbelief, confusion, and frustration as he trembled with rage.

"HOW LONG DO YOU INTEND TO KEEP FOOLING AROUND?!" Arlong snapped while rushing over to have one of his sets of shark teeth slice Luffy's sides, causing him to crash down onto the ground, and held his bleeding wound as he wailed in pain.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I was bitten by a shark!"

"THAT'S BECAUSE YOU WERE FOOLING AROUND, YOU FUCKING IDIOT!" Asher, Jack, Nami, Akira, Usopp, Jake, Yosaku, Johnny, and the Cocoyashi Villagers all exclaimed in unison with flaming white eyes and shark teeth as Luffy pouted.

"It's not like I'm having fun..."

"Fishman Shark Special Technique: Tooth...Attack!" Arlong screamed while rushing over to have one of his two sets of shark teeth bite into Luffy's sides, causing him to scream in pain before glaring up at the Fishman as he opened up his mouth.

"Gomu-Gomu No...Elastic Bite!" Luffy yelled while stretching his head forward and grew it in size as he proceeded to bite into Arlong's shoulder, causing said person to grit his teeth in pain and let go of the Rubberman as he fell down onto the ground.

"How's that? Getting bit by your own teeth? Ha, ha, ha!" Luffy asked with a mocking laugh as an irritated Arlong reached up to grab his shark teeth and pulled it out of his shoulder with ease as only a small splurt of blood gushed out.

"Even if you used my sharp teeth, your jaw's far too weak to properly use them! Listen, sharks tear flesh and limbs from the body of its prey. That's what a shark's true power is!" Arlong shouted while rushing over to open his mouth and tried to bite into a distracted Luffy's arm, only for Asher to slide in protectively and raise his arm as he allowed Arlong to bite into it.

"Asher!" A horrified Nami screamed with tears in her eyes as she and the others spotted a trembling Asher standing in place stoically while biting his lip so hard that it bled to suppress the scream of pain and anguish from coming out of his mouth.

"No! Big Bro Asher's arm gonna get bitten off!" Yosaku and Johnny screamed panickedly as everyone gasped sharply in worry at the sight of Asher gritting his teeth...before a familiar pink explosive glow covered his body as he smirked up at a surprised Arlong coyly.

"Bomu Bomu No...Fullbody Explosion!" Asher exclaimed while igniting himself as a huge explosion rang out that sent a charred covered and screaming Arlong flying up into the air with his teeth being shattered and the inside of his mouth was burned to a crisp as he lost the majority of his hair and his pants were even more damaged than before as the Fishman crashed down into the ocean.

"Shit, Asher, are you okay?" A worried Jack asked while walking up to Asher, who gripped his bitten and bleeding arm with a look of grimace on his face as he hardened his eyes.

"I will live," Asher says stoically as a grunting Luffy removes Arlong's teeth from his sides in the background.

~[Sanji, Cottontail, Gin, Genzo, Nojiko, and Zoro]~

"Holy freaking shit..." An amazed Gin says with his jaw dropped as Zoro could be seen sleeping beside him.

"That was insane. That Bomb Boy took a huge risk of pulling off that move of his. If he had miscalculated even one step of his plan, even if Arlong would've still been blown away, his arm would've been ripped off as well." A shocked Genzo says as a surprised Nojiko hums.

"I will admit, I'm surprised that he realized that he needed to destroy those teeth first before pulling off his move. He's smarter than he looks."

"Damn, I can't imagine what it feels like to be bitten by that beast's fangs." A shivering and shocked Sanji says as Cottontail nods in agreement.

"Yeah, I was bitten by him earlier, but let me tell ya, if my body wasn't made of cotton, I would've easily died earlier.

~[Asher, Luffy, Jack, Arlong, Nami, Jake, Usopp, Akira, Johnny, Yosaku, and the Cocoyashi Villagers]~

"Wait a minute, guys, where did Arlong go?" Luffy asked confusedly as it was only now that he and the others realized that Arlong was gone.

"...Oh, shit...I have blasted him into the water!" A worried and glaring Asher says as he and the others turn over to see Arlong's fin rising up from the water.

"Oh, look, a shark!"

"No, you dummy, that's Arlong!" A glaring Jack snapped while bonking Luffy on the head as said person yelped in pain and cradled his head with a pout.

"Oh, this isn't good! Everyone knows that a Fishman's abilities doubles underwater! If they are not careful, Big Sis's Friends could be killed by Arlong!" A concerned and freaking-out Akira yelled as we then cue underwater and we see Arlong diving down into the bottom of the sea as he then glared up at the boys with a menacing look on his face.

"Damn, what's with you D guys?" An annoyed Arlong thought to himself with a huff as he then composed himself. "Either way, it doesn't matter. No one can stop me once my speed accelerates in the water. This is precisely an ability that is given only to the Fishmen." Arlong thought to himself with a smug grin as he then tensed himself to prepare for his next attack. "Fishman Shark Special Technique: Shark...Darts!" Arlong exclaimed while launching himself upwards with the speed of a torpedo and held out his sharp nose as he broke through the surface and was about to impact against the boys, but was stopped by a glaring Jack skidding in front of the boys.

"Zoan Mystic-Ryu Ryu No...God Hand...Impact!" Jack screamed while raising his arms, which sparkled with purple/black energy as he formed them into the shape of two energy blasts and had them both impact against a surprised Arlong's chest just as he neared him as the Fishman was sent flying up to crash into the Arlong Park Building, creating a big hole in it as the ground shook a bit.

"Damn, that was close. Good shit, Jack." Asher complimented as Jack gave him a thumbs up while Nami and the others were shocked by Arlong's attack, but not more so than said Fishman as he stalked out of the hole in the building with a shocked look on his face.

"Wow, I'm surprised that you were able to not only dodge my attack but block it as well. I'm impressed, but the longer you dodge it, the longer your hell continues." Arlong asked with a threatening tone as he grinned maliciously. "Fishman Shark Special Technique: Shark...Darts!" Arlong exclaimed while launching himself downwards with the speed of a torpedo and holding out his sharp nose as Asher and Luffy were able to jump out of the way just as his nose impacted against the ground as it easily broke apart.

"Holy crap! What kind of bones does that Fishman have?!" A stunned Usopp asked as he cradled his face panickedly. "His nose literally crushed the floor!" Usopp shouted as Arlong could be seen diving down into the ocean again and the Sniper of the Straw Hat Pirates grew worried as he held out his arms. "Hey, guys! Hide! He went back into the water again!"

"Hurry up, Big Brog Asher, Big Bro Luffy, and Big Bro Jack!" A concerned Yosaky yelled as Johnny nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, hurry and hide! He's gonna attack again! Run, Big Bro Luffy, Big Bro Asher, and Big Bro Jack!"

"No," Luffy stated firmly as Asher and Jack nodded in agreement.

"What are you saying, you moron?! You wanna just stand there and be an easy target? Go and hide!" A nervous Nami shouted while biting her lip as Asher shook his head.

"No way! We are done running! It's time to take a stand!" A determined Asher yelled as Jack nodded in agreement.

"Indeed! We are going to stay here and wait for him to come out and break that stupid nose of his!" Jack shouted as an underwear Arlong was able to hear them and laughed amusedly as he grinned evilly.

"You three have guts! Or, maybe you three have finally realized that none of you can escape from me? Either way, the three of you are dead meat soon."

"What part of 'hiding' do you three not understand? That big guy got lucky before and you guys barely dodged his next attack! If he hits you guys this time, you will be doomed!" An anxious Akira screamed as the trio ignored him and Luffy turned to Asher.

"Flush him out."

"On it, Captain," Asher says with a sharp nod as he then turned to face the ocean. "Hey, why are you hiding, Fishface? Too scared to come out after Jack was able to counter your attack earlier? You know, you don't really seem to be like a shark. You're more like a Catfish because you are too much of a pussy to come out of the ocean and face us like a warrior."

"Yes, he's desperate to find me." Arlong thought to himself with a sly smirk on his face as he chuckled. "I just have to wait him out and deliver the finishing blow to him. I have twice the distance to accelerate now, so I'll pierce through his heart to make Nami suffer as the boy that she obviously likes dies before her."

"Ah, man, I sure do feel winded after that last attack that I did to Arlong from earlier. Sure would suck if a certain Fishman jumped out of the water and tried to attack me...oh no! I got some dust in my eyes This is the worst! My guard is totally lowered right now!"

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"...GET THE FUCK OUT HERE!" A glaring Asher screamed while reaching into his pocket as he pulled out a bag full of caltrops. "Bomu Bomu No...Minefield!" Asher shouted while infusing his explosive pink energy into them and opened up the bag as the Bombman then tossed all of the explosive caltrops into the ocean, causing numerous large explosions to rang out just as a roaring Arlong launched himself up to the surface as he took the full brunt of all of the explosions.

"Fishman Shark Special Technique: Shark...Darts!" Arlong exclaimed while launching himself upwards with the speed of a torpedo and holding out his sharp nose as he roared in pain from the numerous explosions around him and it slowed down the speed of his attack tremendously as the Fishman resurfaced and headed straight towards the smirking Rubberman.

"Gomu Gomu No...Shield!" Luffy shouted while wrapping his fingers around each other and separated his arms to create a makeshift stretchy net as Arlong ended up colliding against it and the Rubberman grunted as he was able to cause the screaming Fishman to fly up and crash through the wall of the Arlong Park Building yet again with a loud thud as a dust cloud rang out. "Ha, ha, it's over! That attack won't work anymore!"

"Fishman Shark Special Technique: Shark...Darts!" Arlong yelled while launching himself upwards into the air with the speed of a torpedo and holding out his sharp nose as he burst through the roof of Arlong Park and sends himself flying up into the air as the trio shared a look and smirked cockily as an idea popped into their heads.

"Gomu Bomu Zoan Mystic-Ryu Ryu no...Super Teamwork Triple Combo...Soul Energy...Finger Net...Explosive Trap!" The Trio exclaimed in unison as Jack raised his arms and they glowed with purple/black energy as it washed over his body, absorbing some leftover energy from his earlier attack to increase his strength as he then went over to grab Luffy's waist and Asher ran over to leap onto Jack's back and covered them with explosive pink energy as the Rubberman quickly raised his arms and stretched out his fingers as they wrapped around a surprised Arlong's body, forming into a makeshift fishing net that glowed with explosive pink energy as a grunting Jack then began spinning the boys around rapidly while kicking up some nasty wind as the trio lets out a loud battle cry and proceeds to slam Arlong down into the ground, causing a huge explosion to occur that destroyed the front part of Arlong Park and the ground as the Arlong Park Building was now 40% damaged.

"Nice job, guys." A grinning Asher says while jumping off from Jack's back as said person lets go of Luffy, who stretched his fingers back to normal and the trio glances over at Arlong, who is covered in hot burns and bruises with blood leaking out of his mouth and wounds as he was now wearing burnt and ripped shorts as he now had a bald head with black sideburns.

"Wait, did we kill him?" A curious Luffy asked while he and the others ignored the loud cheering from the others as they glanced over at a heavily injured Arlong, who remained motionless on the ground with his eyes closed as he then opened them and the trio was shocked by how...intense and feral they were as the Fishman was practically shaking with rage.

~[Sanji, Cottontail, Gin, Genzo, Nojiko, and Zoro]~

"Arlong's eyes have changed." A shocked Genzo says as a stunned Nojiko nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, they look so...feral right now."

"Shit, they look the same as the eyes that Sea Kings show when they snap." A worried Sanji says as Cottontail nodded in agreement.

"Yep, I recognized the look in his eyes as well. It's the same that I use when I go feral. Master and the others' attack must've triggered Arlong enough to go berserker."

"Let's just hope that Captain Luffy and the others will be able to handle him in this state." A concerned Gin says with an anxious gulp as a snoring Zoro continues sleeping.

~[Asher, Luffy, Jack, Arlong, Nami, Jake, Usopp, Akira, Johnny, Yosaku, and the Cocoyashi Villagers]~

"His eyes...I've never seen them like that." A shocked Nami whispered to Akira, who gulped nervously as he whimpered.

"I have. Trust me, Big Sis, things are about to get ugly real soon..."

"YOU WRETCHED USELESS INFERIOR HUMANS!" Arlong snapped while rushing forward to grab Asher and Luffy in one hand and grabbed Jack with his other hand as he began spinning them around rapidly with a loud frustrated and angry roar. "HOW DARE YOU DO THIS TO ME?! THE MIGHTY FISHMAN!" Arlong screamed while throwing the boys over to crash against the wall of Arlong Park as it broke apart.

"Boy, that was crazy," Luffy commented with a surprised look on his face as Jack nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, that attack didn't really hurt us at all, but I can definitely tell that he is livid right now."

"True, he didn't even seem to care that he caused more damage to his precious Arlong Park," Asher says with a shrug just as a roaring Arlong jumps towards them as he reaches behind him and grabs his trident, finally deciding to use it due to how angry he is right now as the Fishman begins aggressively swinging his lethal weapon to the trio with Jack reaching over to grab Luffy and Asher as he began flying them upwards with a furious Arlong chasing after them while causing more and more damage to Arlong Park as it was now 60% damaged.

"Big Bro Luffy!"

"Asher!"

"Big Bro Jack!"

"Run!

"Watch out!" Yosaku, Nami, Johnny, Usopp, and Akira screamed panickedly as they spotted the trio crashing through the wall of Arlong Park to avoid another attack from Arlong and said person jumped after them as the one-armed woman couldn't help but have her eyes widen in pure shock upon realizing that the gang had entered a couple of very familiar rooms.

"Damn, that was a little bit too close. Good shit, Jack." Asher complimented as Jack nodded and the trio glared over at Arlong as he stepped forward while gripping his trident tightly as he narrowed his eyes.

"Now you three have nowhere to run. This is the top floor of Arlong Park. Looks like your last moments have come and it's all thanks to this trident." Arlong says with a smug grin while slamming his trident into the ground as the gang realizes that they are residing in a large room filled with all kinds of weapons as well as the case from where the Trident was placed inside as there was a huge hole in the wall and saw that it leads to another room that had a bed, a bookshelf filled with books on navigation, and there were hundreds of charts placed in tons of boxes as well as the walls as there was also a dresser, a small bucket that was titled 'Bathroom', and a large desk filled with charts as it had chains connected to it that were covered with dry human blood.

"What's so special about that damn trident anyway?" A glaring and confused Jack asked as Arlong smirked toothily.

"Isn't it obvious? This is the weapon of a king. I don't care enough about its history, other than the fact that it used to belong to Atlan, the King of the Fishmen and Mermaids many years ago." Arlong explained with a maniacal laugh while gripping his trident tightly as Luffy looked around in bewilderment.

"What's with these rooms? It's full of weapons and papers."

"These aren't just any rooms. These rooms are where the Fishmen hide their best weapons and also where I make that woman continue to draw sea charts with me."

"...That is Nami's room?" Asher asked stoically with shadows covering his eyes as he and the others grew serious while standing up from the floor as they walked over to Nami's room with a smug-faced Arlong nod as he followed after them.

"Yep, these Sea Charts are ones that she worked on all of these years. What you see before you is the sea chart for all of the East Blue. It's impressive, isn't it? Her eight years of work. My treasure. We know the sea like the back of our hands, but it's hard for us to make maps. We needed a skilled cartographer. Then I found that girl, with her talented eye. That girl's a genius. You won't find anyone who can draw more accurately. She's too good to serve you Humans. Her talent exists to serve us Fishmen forever. Nami is our Nakama."

"Nakama?" Jack asked with a deadly glare as Arlong nodded.

"Yes, so just stay out of our way."

"...Stay out of your way?" Luffy asked with an emotionless look on his face as Arlong raised an eyebrow confusedly.

"What's with that look?!"

"We don't give a shit about what you say. Nami belongs with us, the Straw Hat Pirates. She's our Navigator, and if you take her away from us, we will gladly kill you where you stand." Asher says with a cold tone and a look of murderous rage in his eyes as Arlong actually stumbled back in shock at how intense the Bombman looks before composing himself as he lets out a mocking laugh.

"Oh? You want her to pilot that crappy little boat of yours, eh? Heh, her talent would only be wasted. Look around you. How many people in the world can draw such perfect maps? That girl is a genius. There couldn't be anything more stupid than wasting such a talent. For that girl, it's best for her to continue her work here. Her greatest happiness." Arlong ranted as Asher turned his head and his eyes widened in shock at the sight of a bloodied pen lying on the floor as he reached over to grab it and couldn't help but tremble with rage as the Bombman was able to pick up a familiar scent on this pen and this made his blood boil as an angry Luffy and Jack realized whose blood was on that pen. "For me to rule the world, Nami's maps are a necessity. She will keep drawing maps for the sake of my ambition, and once I have the maps of all the seas in the world, no one will be able to stand against me. The whole world will be mine, and it all starts right here, on this island in the East Blue before we move onto the Grandline and take over it. How could you three possibly use her better than I can-,"

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Arlong roared in agony and pain as a stoic Asher suddenly reached over to place his glowing pink explosive hand on the Fishman's outstretched arm and caused it to blow up into a billion pieces, blowing off Arlong's arm and sends him flying over to crash against the other side of the room with a huge gallon of blood squirting out of the stump on his body as his trident flew through the air and Luffy silently reached up to grab it as they glared at the stunned Arlong.

"USE HER?! HOW DARE YOU!?" Luffy, Asher, and Jack asked with rageful glares on their faces as the Rubberman tossed the trident through the window and it flew down to stab itself into the ground as the others looked shocked by this.

"What's going on in there?"

"Damnit! What's happening to you guys, Big Bros?"

"We have no way of knowing what's going on with Luffy, Asher, and Jack." Johnny, Yosaku, and Usopp said while Nami stared up at the Arlong Park Building anxiously as she bit her lip.

"Boys...Asher...please be safe for me..."

"You bastard!" An enraged Luffy yelled as Asher was practically seething with rage.

"How DARE you treat Nami like an object! Like a toy!"

"What do you take her for?!" Jack asked with a scowl as a grunting Arlong held his bloody stum and grimaced as he growled.

"An inferior race, but still a smart woman. If the rest of the human race are little rats, then she's a feisty, cunning cat, and she's a cute one to boot. Here, she gets food and shelter, and we buy her all the clothes she wants. As long as she lives, she will have nothing to worry about. As long as she keeps drawing maps for me, it's all good. She will forever be my tool or no, she will be my nakama."

"CUT THE CRAP, ASSHOLE!" Asher screamed while spitting into Arlong's face and caused another explosion to occur, which destroyed the wall behind him as a pissed-off Luffy and Jack silently kicked Nami's desk and dresser through the hole in the wall as they crashed down into the ground.

"What's that?! A desk and a dresser?!" A surprised Usopp asked as a scared Akira gripped his trident tightly.

"Oh, it's just a desk and a dresser." A relieved Johnny says as Yosaku nods in agreement.

"Yeah, for a second there, I thought it was gonna be Big Bro Luffy, Big Bro Asher, and Big Bro Jack." Yosaku says as he and Johnny then begin getting into a pointless argument as Nami could only go wide-eyed at the sight of the destruction of her desk and dresser as, if that wasn't enough, the boys continued destroying everything in her room as they all began tossing/punching/kicking/blasting numerous objects and weapons that were in her 'room' and the weapons's room outside of the Arlong Park Building.

"Whoa, what's going on?! What's up with all this furniture and weapons flying out?" A shocked Usopp asked as Akira gasped sharply and turned to Nami, who ignored him as she was staring up into the sky in stunned shock before reaching up to cover her mouth and tears leaked down from her eyes as Nami uttered a small 'Thank you' to the boys.

"STOP IT NOW!" An enraged Arlong screamed as Luffy began stretching his arms and legs around to punch and kick various holes in the room while Jack used his monstrous strength to smash everything in sight as Asher rubbed his hands against all of the sea charts on the walls and on the boxers, covering them with his explosive pink energy as multiple small explosions occurred that blew up and burned all of the sea charts to a crisp. "MY SEA CHARTS! DAMN YOU, FUCKING BRATS!" A furious Arlong screamed while running over to grab Luffy by his neck with his only working arm and slammed him into the wall as Asher and Jack were too busy destroying everything in the background to help out their Captain. "I INVESTED EIGHT YEARS IN THOSE CHARTS! IN MY AMBITION AND YOU THREE RUIN EVERYTHING! YOU THREE HAD SINGLEHANDEDLY SET BACK MY PLANS FOR MY GRAND ARLONG EMPIRE FOR DECADES! WE WERE PLANNING TO INVADE THE GRAND LINE IN JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS, YOU BASTARDS!"

"I DON'T GIVE A CRAP ABOUT HOW GREAT FISHMEN ARE! OR WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR STUPID MAPS!" Luffy shouted while reaching up to grab Arlong's nose as his muscles tensed. "I MAY NOT UNDERSTAND THE STORY AROUND THIS, BUT NOW I KNOW WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO HELP NAMI!" Luffy yelled while using his monstrous strength to twist Arlong's nose and cut up his hands in the process as the Fishman howled in pain just as the others spotted what was going on as Jack rushed over to grab the backfin of Arlong and not only used his monstrous strength to rip it out of his body but also stabbed it into his back, drawing out blood as the Fishman roared in pain and crashed down into the ground and panted as the trio regrouped with each other as they had menacing glares on their faces.

"THIS ROOM IS NOTHING BUT HER JAIL CELL AND AS LONG AS IT REMAINS, NAMI WILL NEVER BE FREE, SO WE HAVE TO DESTROY IT! AND FREE HER FROM YOUR RULE ONCE AND FOR ALL!" Asher screamed with a hot glare as Arlong gritted his teeth in pain and frustration.

"GRRRRRRRRR, I DON'T GET IT! WHY THROW AWAY YOUR LIVES SO RECKLESSLY LIKE THIS?! WHY?!"

"THAT'S A QUESTION YOU SHOULD ASK YOURSELF, ARLONG!" Jack snapped back as Arlong narrowed his eyes furiously.

"NO, I'LL DESTROY YOU, INFERIOR HUMANS, ONCE AND FOR ALL!" Arlong roared out while rushing forward as the trio shared a look and nodded seriously.

"GOMU BOMU ZOAN MYSTIC-RYU RYU NO...SUPER TEAMWORK TRIPLE COMBO..." The trio trailed off as a grunting Luffy reared back his leg and stretched it upwards as it burst through the roof of the Arlong Park Building while Asher crouched down and summoned a big explosion underneath him that sent him crashing through the roof and hovered in mid-air with his body being covered in an explosive pink aura as Jack flew after him and appeared beside the Bombman with his left fist covered in purple energy as they glared down at the Arlong Park Building venomously.

"NO PUNY HUMANS CAN BRING DOWN ARLONG PARK! NO ONE!"

"...FISTS OF...NAGASAKI...BATTLE AXES OF IMPLOSION!" The trio exclaimed in unison as a screaming Luffy brought down his foot, Asher blasted himself forward into a circular motion, and Jack flew downwards with his glowing purple fist outstretched as all of the attacks collided against the Arlong Park Building, specifically right on top of a charging Arlong as a huge tornado of destructive force collided against him and sends him not only crashing through the various floors of the Arlong Park Building but also caused a huge explosion and shockwave to occur that completely demolished the building, causing everyone to duck for cover and avoid the incoming debris as a huge shockwave pulled back the ocean around them as, once it died, down, we see Nami and the others tentatively popping back out of cover with even those like Sanji, Gin, Cottontail, Genzo, and Nojiko resurfacing out of the water due to the shockwave sending them flying away into the ocean as annoyed and awakened Zoro resurfaced shortly after, pissed off that his nap was ruined as he then went wide-eyed at the huge crater forming around what used to be Arlong Park.

~[Everyone]~

"Arlong Park is demolished!" An amazed Genzo says as he and the others are still shocked by what just happened.

"Big Bros..." A stunned Johnny says as Yosaku blinks slowly.

"I just wonder what happened in there."

"We have to know who won." A glaring Sanji says as Gin frowns grimly.

"With all of that debris and the size of that explosion, it's hard to tell who won or who survived?"

"You guys don't think that they..." A saddened and worried Cottontail says sadly while resting on top of Zoro's head.

"Luffy...Jack...Asher..." A concerned Usopp says with a frown as Nami's eyes teared up and gripped her heart, feeling it shatter into pieces at the thought of Asher and the boys dying during the battle with Arlong as Akira then spotted something that made him gasp.

"Wait, look! Up there" Akira shouted while pointing upwards as he and the others spotted a bruised, bleeding, and injured Asher, Luffy, and Jack, with the latter back in his Human Form, bursting out of the huge rubble of what used to be Arlong Park, enticing everyone to gasp in surprise and relief as the trio panted heavily while gripping their fists tightly as they then glared over at the group, specifically at Nami.

"NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMI! YOU WILL ALWAYS BE OUR FRIEEEEEEEEEEEEND/NAKAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Asher, Luffy, and Jack exclaimed into the heavens as Nami froze up and felt herself tremble with tears leaking down her face as she smiled tearfully and nodded as everyone smiled lightly, but then everyone flinched in surprise when a roaring Arlong burst out of the rubble below and landed down on the ground while being completely naked as his hair was completely gone, his nose and the left side of his face were missing and showed off the muscle and bones of his face as one of his eyes was dangling out of its eye socket, and there was a huge bloody hole in his body as his left leg was broken and bent in an odd shape.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I REFUSE TO LOSE!" Arlong exclaimed in rage and anger and frustration as Nami's features darkened and turned over to glance at Zoro as she gestured over at a raging and panting Arlong as he was able to figure out what she wanted to do and reluctantly tossed over Kuina's Sword to the orange-haired woman, who caught it with her remaining arm. "I'M A FUCKING FISHMAN! I'M THE GREATEST IN EXISTENCE! I'M SUPERIOR! I'M THE STRONGEST! I SHOULDN'T LOSE TO A COUPLE OF USELESS, PATHETIC, AND WEAK-,"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNGGGGG!"

"!" A wide-eyed and stunned Arlong suddenly felt a great pain below him as he slowly looked down to see a scowling Nami stabbing Kuina's Sword straight through the Fishman's stomach, causing gallons of blood to gush out and hit the orange-haired woman's face and chest, but she didn't seem to mind as the busty woman glared up at a shocked and pained Arlong furiously.

"You took my mom. You will never rob anyone of anything ever again." Nami says with a cold tone while retracting her blade with a shout of effort as a traumatized and shell-shocked Arlong drops down to his knees as more gallons of blood splurt out of his wound. "Listen to me carefully, Arlong. I've decided that instead of killing you, I'm going to let you live, knowing that you have failed. Your Grand Empire is now forever destroyed and done for. You Fishmen aren't the strongest in the whole world since Humans from the East Blue, the weakest ocean of the whole world, was able to beat you."

"Now, before you get arrested, I want you to pass the word on to every lowlife you know," Nami says with a deadly glare as a raging aura covered her body with her being armless not making her look any less intimidating as an invisible force of pressure and power blasted out of her body and covered across all of the islands as a panicking and trembling Arlong gulped nervously while Asher and the others flinched a bit but stayed on as the Cocoyashi Villagers could be seen kneeling down into the floor with pale faces and shocked eyes. "If any of you want to go after me, my brother, or our crew, fine. You can do that. That's the life we chose, but as of this moment, Cocoyashi Village is officially OFF LIMITS!"

"If any of you ever kills a SINGLE person in Cocoyashi Village, hurt any of the people in Cocoyashi Village, or even bumps into someone who just so happens to know someone in Cocoyashi Village, THIS is the fate that awaits all of you!" Nami screamed while aiming Kuina's Sword over to his heart, sending the message loud and clear as Arlong trembled in fear and his eyes moved around shakingly. "NOW GET THE HELL OUT OF MY LIFE!" Nami ordered with a fierce glare while raising Kuina's Sword up into the air and slamming it down on Arlong's forehead, knocking him out as he crashed down into the ground, unconscious as a calm silence then rang out across the area and everyone glanced at each other in stunned shock, unable to believe what just happened as, once they all come to the fact that Arlong Park has fallen, everyone began cheering loudly.

"They won!"

"Big Bro Luffy, Big Bro Asher, and Big Bro Jack defeated Arlong and destroyed Arlong Park!"

"We are free!" Various Villagers and Johnny and Yosaku cheered as a teared-up Nojiko swam over to hug Genzo while ignoring the fact that a cheering Sanji tried to run over and hug her but missed as he crashed down into the ocean and a bemused Gin and Cottontail shook their heads as Zoro rolled his eyes with a smile on his face.

"Dad, we did it!"

"I know, sweetie, this feels like a dream," Genzo says with teary eyes as all of the Cocoyashi Villagers run into Arlong Park and grab Asher, Luffy, and Jack just as the trio jumps down from the huge pile of rubble as they all begin throwing them up and down into the air while chanting their names repeatedly.

"You did it, guys! You deserve the praise! But if you let me have some, I'd really appreciate it!" Usopp cheered while reaching over to grab Akira and threw him up and down with the Fishman Kid laughing gleefully as he had tears of joy and relief running down from his eyes.

"We are free! We are finally free!"

"Man, you really had us worried there for a bit, guys," Sanji says as, after he and the others swam over to reach shore, the blonde-haired guy and the gang walked up to the crowd of people. "Be quicker next time, you bastard."

"Finally, the battle is over and the people of this island are free," Gin says with a soft smile on his face as Cottontail chirped excitedly and flew off of Zoro's head as he began flying around in his happiness and Jake slithered around in glee on the ground below as the crowd of Cocoyashi Villagers then placed Asher and the boys down on the ground just as a stoic Nami walked up to the trio, who turned to her confused and worriedly as she stared down at them emotionlessly...before smiling warmly as she leaned down to kiss Jack on the cheek and then reached up to grab Luffy's hat as the orange-haired woman placed it back on her Captain's head and then turned to Asher, who beamed, hoping to get a kiss as he then yelped in pain when a suddenly glaring Nami slapped him across his face.

"Ow! Nami! What the hell?!"

"That was for scaring me half to death earlier!" A scowling Nami says before reaching over to grab Asher by the front of his shirt and pull him closer to her. "And this is for helping me~," Nami says with a seductive tone while pulling him over to kiss him on the mouth, which surprised Asher as he went wide-eyed before closing them and moaning as he eagerly kissed her back with both of them being awkward and hesitant about it due to neither of them being used to kissing, but neither of them seemed to care as they continued making out with everyone in the Cocoyashi Village cheering loudly as Nojiko grinned slyly and giggled as Akira growled suspiciously and glared daggers at the Bombman as he was about to go over and separate them but was stopped by his bemused Older Sister as she reached over to grab him by his tail, Genzo narrowed his eyes stoically and used his hat to cover his eyes, Johnny and Yosaku cheered excitedly, Cottontail flew around happily, Luffy tilted his head confusedly but smiled lightly, Jack grinned cockily and crossed his arms, Zoro had an emotionless look on his face but nodded in approval, Usopp's jaw dropped in shock with wide eyes, Jake slithered in delight, and Gin was forced to hold back a fuming and angry Sanji as he was threatening to beat up the Bombman.

"...Whoa..." An amazed Asher says while separating from Nami with a trail of saliva between them as they panted heavily with blushing smiles on their faces. "...I need to risk my life for you more often."

"Don't push it, you dummy," Nami said while punching his chest playfully as Cottontail flew over to land on her shoulder and licked her cheek as the orange-haired woman giggled and kissed Asher's pet on the head as the happy moment was sadly ruined by Nezumi and the Marines appearing on the scene randomly.

"That's enough, scumbags!" Nezumi ordered with a sharp glare, causing everyone to turn and glare at them as he grinned slyly. "Well, this must be my lucky day. Nice work. I enjoyed the show, but I never would've thought that these Fishmen would be defeated by the likes of you silly pirates. But thanks to you, Arlong's bounty, as well as all of Arlong Park's riches, will be mine. Everyone, put down your weapons. I, Captain Nezumi, of the Marine's 16th Battalion, will be taking over from here-,"

WHACK!

BAM!

BOOM!

SLICE!

WAP!

"Shut the fuck up, bitch." Jack says with a hot glare as he, Asher, Cottontail Luffy, Nami, Akira, Zoro, Usopp, Jake, Sanji, and Gin stand around the beat-up and heavily injured Marines as a desperate and scared Nezumi trying to scurry away like the little rat he is, only for a stoic Nojiko to raise her shotgun and shoot a bullet into both his legs, causing him to scream in pain as a glaring Genzo marched over to harshly kick him over to Nami, who kicked his head into the cement ground before bending down to his eye level as the orange-haired woman reached behind him to pull out her bo staff.

"This is for shooting Nojiko earlier and for messing up Mom's tangerine grove," Nami says with a scowl while raising her bo staff and slamming it down on top of Nezumi's crotch, severely injuring his cock and cracking his balls as he roared in pain. "Now, you guys will take care of cleaning up after the Fishmen, and help reconstruct Gosa Village, but you will NOT touch even the slightest bit of the Fishmen's riches. They belong to the people of this island. Understand?"

"Y-Yes, I'll do as you say..." A moaning and squeaky-voiced Nezumi says while cradling his bloodied crotch as Nami smiles sweetly.

"Good...and one more thing...GIVE ME BACK MY FUCKING MONEY!" Nami roared out angrily as Nezumi nodded nervously. "Now, throw this piece of trash into the ocean, Asher."

"With pleasure," Asher says with a smirk while going over to grab Nezumi and lifting him up into the air before tossing him far into the ocean as he splashed down before resurfacing as the Marine Colonel glared at them severely.

"This won't be forgotten, you lousy pirates! That Straw Hat Guy, Luffy, is your captain, right?! Don't forget this! You're gonna be big, after messing with me! Too late for amends now! I'll make you sorry! Mark my wooooooooooooooooooooooords!" Nezumi shouted while swimming away as Sanji, who was taking a whiff of his cigarette, raised an eyebrow confusedly.

"He said we're gonna be big."

"How'd he know I was gonna be the Pirate King?" A bewildered Luffy asked with crossed arms as an annoyed Jack facepalmed.

"He wasn't talking about that, you numbskull."

"Idiot," Zoro mumbled with closed eyes and a scowl as the Sniper of the Straw Hat Pirates flinched worriedly.

"What do we do now?! If we become notorious, what'll happen to us? What'll we do? Huh? Huh?!" A panicking Usopp asked as Gin rolled his eyes with a scoff.

"It's been a long day, Usopp. We will deal with any future problems when we get to it."

"But what we can do now is celebrate that the battle is over, Nami is safe, and back with us." A smiling Asher says while wrapping his arm around Nami's body as she blushed and smiled, but then the duo yelped in surprise when a glaring Akira went over to separate them.

"Don't touch my sister," Akira ordered threateningly while holding up his trident as Asher raised his arms defensively with a big sweatdrop on his head.

"Oh, this will be fun," Cottontail says to Jake as they both share a laugh.

"Hey, everyone! We can't just celebrate this by ourselves! Carry the news to the whole island!" One of the Villagers of Cocoyashi Village screamed, causing everyone to cheer loudly and run out of Arlong Park in glee as the Straw Hat Pirates all began laughing joyfully and Nojiko smiled at them as she closed her eyes.

"Good for you, Nami?"

"Who would've thought that we'd be saved by pirates? What's the world coming to?" A bemused Genzo asked while shaking his head in disbelief as he sighed heavily. "At long last, Bellemere's soul can ascend to Heaven, in peace," Genzo says with a soft smile on his face, which hardened as he and everyone else were surprised to see a glaring Garp, Koby, and Helmeppo walking into Arlong Park with all of the other Marines following after them as they all aimed their weapons at the Straw Hat Pirates with Asher and the others gearing to attack as Luffy's Grandfather shakes his head.

"I'd rethink that if I were you," Garp says threateningly with a Scottish Accent, stopping the gang from fighting as Luffy glares at him seriously. "So these are the Straw Hat Pirates, huh? Marines, arrest them." Garp ordered with a scowl as a worried Koby turned to him.

"But, sir, judging by those reports from earlier, the Straw Hats weren't the ones who took over Conomi Islands and killed that Marine Commodore and his squad earlier."

"You have your ord-," Garp says before he begins coughing loudly and then begins speaking in his normal voice. "Ah, sorry about that. I had something in my throat. Anyway, as I was saying earlier, you have your orders, cadet." Garp says with a stern glare as a scared and nervous yet determined Koby glared at him.

"No."

"...What did you say?"

"I said no, sir," Koby says with a stronger tone as Garp narrows his eyes at him angrily.

"You do realize there are severe punishments for disobeying direct orders?"

"I disagree with those orders, sir."

"Me too," Helmeppo stated anxiously but had sincerity in his tone as he walked up to his friend.

"Hmmm, anyone else like to follow their lead? Or do you all want to follow orders instead?" Garp asked with a fierce tone as, much to the boys' disappointment, all of the Marines stepped forward to aim their weapons at the Straw Hat Pirates. "Any of them move, make sure it's their last," Garp says with an ominous tone as he then turns over to glare at his Grandson. "Come here, boy," Garp ordered as Luffy frowned harder and walked over to him as a curious Jack turned to Asher.

"I'm a bit confused, why is Garp, the Heroes of the Marines and a very powerful man, is so interested in Luffy?" Jack asked curiously as Asher used his free hand to point over at Luffy while using his other hand to hold a nervous Nami's hand.

"Oh, guess what? He's really Luffy's Grandfather."

"For real?!" A shocked Jack asked as the others nodded and we see a stoic Luffy walking over to Garp as said person glared down at him fiercely.

"I gave you every opportunity to follow my path, to become a respected Marine, but instead, you chose to become a Pirate."

"No, Grandpa. I've always been a Pirate." Luffy stated with a serious tone as Garp narrowed his eyes angrily.

"No more running, boy. Last chance. Give it up."

"That's not really my thing," Luffy says while grinning cockily as Garp merely removed his coat and tossed it backwards to be caught by a random Marine as he grew tense.

"Then show me what you've got," Garp ordered as Luffy let out a loud battle cry and ran forward to try and throw a punch at him, only for his Grandfather to use his Observation Haki to easily dodge the attack and raise his arm, which was coated with a very low-level thin invisible Armament Haki as he threw a punch at Luffy's chest, causing him to barf out blood and was sent flying back to crash against the other side of Arlong Park as, before anyone could react, Garp blitz over to appear near his Grandson and began stalking over him.

"Holy hell that was fast! I didn't even see him move! And that punch was strong as fuck!" An amazed and starry-eyed Asher says as he and the others watch the fight concernedly.

"This is what you wanted, right? To be a pirate. Well, I'll show you what Marines do to pirates." Garp says with a cold tone as a grunting Luffy stands up from the rubble around him and glares at him.

"I don't want to fight you, Grandpa."

"Oh, please! You've been fighting me your entire life!" Garp shouted while running over to throw down a punch at Luffy, who avoided the attack as his punch collided against the ground, cracking it apart violently and shaking the ground around him as the Captain of the Straw Hat Pirates whirled around to face his Grandfather.

"Gomu-Gomu No...Pistol!" Luffy says while throwing a stretchy punch that flies over to Garp, who reaches up to catch his punch with ease as he scoffs.

"When are you gonna learn that you can't win?" Garp asked while pulling Luffy forward and threw a punch at his stomach, sending him crashing right into the rubble of what used to be Arlong Park as the Rubberman shot out of it and rolled down to crash into the ground with a pained grunt as the Marine shakes his head at him in disappointment. "I thought I trained you better than this."

"You did!" Luffy shouted while stretching his limbs over to latch onto two broken concrete pillars as he pulled himself back. "Gomu-Gomu...Rocket!" Luffy exclaimed while retracting his arms as he sent himself flying over to his Grandfather, who avoided the attack and countered it by raising his arm to clothesline him, causing him to crash down into the ground and skid around before colliding against the concrete wall again, hard enough that it cracked as Garp began walking over to him.

"You don't know how dangerous the world is. The Grand Line isn't some child's game." Garp chastises while reaching Luffy as he bends down to grab him by the front of his red vest and lifts the Rubberman up into the air as said person wasn't able to put up a better fight due to being tired and injured from his earlier fight with Arlong. "I told you, you aren't ready."

"You can hit me all day long...but I'm never giving up on my dream," Luffy grunted out with blood in his mouth as Garp narrowed his eyes at him intriguingly.

"Is that so?"

"I'm going to the Grand Line, I will find the One Piece, and I will be...King of the Pirates." Luffy says while laughing as Garp stares up at him in shock, briefly seeing the image of a laughing Gol D. Roger as the Marine stares at him quietly for a few seconds before dropping him as he sighs heavily and drops a grunting Luffy into the ground. "Have it your way. Do you want to know something, brat? I knew I'd never be able to change your mind. You're stubborn. Just like me, but I know who you are, boy. I just needed to make sure you knew it too."

"Wait, you were testing me?" A disbelieving Luffy asked as he then pouted. "Couldn't you have gone a little bit easier?"

"Where's the fun in that?" Garp asked with a maniacal grin on his face as he then grew serious. "You do know that you're on your own now, right?"

"No. I'm not. I have my friends." Luffy says with a determined tone as Garp smirks proudly...and swiftly raises his arm while covering it with a very thin layer of invisible Armament Haki and delivers one of his usual Fists of Love, causing Luffy to yelp in pain and cradled his face in pain with a glare on his face as Garp began laughing loudly with Coby looking amazed and Helmepoo looking confused as he tilted his head.

"Uh, what the hell is going on?" Helmepoo asked with a raised eyebrow as one of the Marines turned to him.

Standing before him is a 9'8-feet-tall, 70-year-old Man with a young appearance as he has black eyes, short light brown hair, a big pointy nose, a sharp chin, Light Skin, a tall muscular slim build, and his outfit consists of a beige hat that covered his eyes in a shadow, a Marine Coat dropped over his shoulders, a long-sleeved beige buttoned up jacket, a long-sleeved high-collared dark green shirt underneath, a black tie, a black belt with a silver belt buckle with a katana attached on his left hip with a brown strap, said sword has a grey-wrapped hilt and a golden rounded-cross shaped tsuba as well as a deep green sheath, long beige pants, and a pair of black shoes as he seems to wear an apparently perpetual scowl on his face due to the corners of his mouth always pointing downwards, emphasizing his air of seriousness. His name is Boggard, a Marine Headquarters officer and the right-hand man of Vice Admiral Monkey D. Garp.

"That's the real Garp."

"Seriously?" A surprised Coby asked as Boggard nodded.

"Yep, he's not serious, he was just pretending this whole time," Boggard says as a still laughing Garp then turns to the others.

"Alright, enough gawking! We have other things to deal with! For instance, picking up all of the unconscious Fishmen, including Arlong, and arresting all of them! Let's get to it!" Garp ordered while walking away with the Marines as Boggard turned to him suspiciously.

"So, Garp, was Luffy the one who you sensed that Conqueror's Haki earlier? Do you think he has Haki now?" Boggard asked stoically as Garp hummed a bit.

"Not sure, but what I do know is that my Grandson is already awakening," Garp says with a hearty laugh while he, Boggard, and the rest of the Marines walk off as a curious Asher turns to Luffy.

"So, I have to ask, Luffy, why were you acting so serious around Garp?"

"Oh, I wasn't, I was just pretending. It's a little thing that we like to do sometimes." Luffy says with a hearty laugh as Asher raises an eyebrow and nods as he is about to say something, but then-

"Hey, guys, look what I found," Johnny says while he and Yosaku can be seen going through the rubble of Arlong Park as he pulls out the Magic Trident.

"Give it to me, I will blow it up and throw it into the ocean." Asher says with a glare as a transfixed Akira walks forward with wide eyes, feeling some sort of connection with it as he walks over to Johnny, who is gobsmacked by the sight of the Magic Trident floating out of his hands and floating in the air while glowing with a golden color as an amazed Akira slowly reached over to grab it and the seat felt a gentle pulse that traveled through the world at high speeds and reached the Grand Line as it reached over to appear at Fishman Island and the Fishman kid spotted the image of a beautiful woman, who turned to face him as he then went back to the real world and turned back to Nami and his friends.

"I saw someone when I touched the trident, it was a girl. She was beautiful."

"Should we be worried about that?" An anxious Usopp asked as Yosaku raised an eyebrow at his confusedly.

"Huh, why does that trident look familiar to me?" Yosaku asked with crossed arms as Zoro narrowed his eyes at Akira's Trident stoically.

"Interesting, that Trident doesn't look like to be made of any kind of common medal. That it is a high-grade blade." Zoro mumbled to himself in slight shock as a smiling Luffy looked amazed by Akira's Magic Trident and turned to say something to his friends...but then blinked slowly as he got a good look at Nami.

"...Huh...hey, Nami? Where did your arm go?"

"What the-DID YOU JUST NOW NOTICE THAT I WAS MISSING AN ARM, JACKASS?!" A furious Nami asked while bonking him on the head as Asher and the others laughed loudly as we then cue back with Colonel Nezumi, who was residing inside of his headquarters as he was calling up the Marine HQ with an angry glare on his face while using his Transponder Snail.

"Hello! Hellooo?!"

"Yes, Marine Headquarters here."

"Marine Headquarters, hello? This is the Marine's 16th Battalion Captain Nezumi! Marine code #00733! I have a report to make!

"Okay, there's really no need to yell. We can hear you-,"

"Listen up! There's a pirate who wears a straw hat, called Luffy! I hereby declare that he and his eleven accomplices are all against the government!"

"Luffy, huh? Alright."

"They were able to crumble Arlong Park and defeat the fearsome Arlong and his Fishmen! We must beware of them! I wish to place a heavy bounty on the head of their captain, 'Straw Hat Luffy!' I'm sending his picture!" Nezumi yelled while sending the picture of Luffy to the Marine Headquarters as he then went deadpanned at what he saw. "Couldn't you find a better picture?"

"Not really, this is all we got." A Marine said sheepishly while standing behind Nezumi as said person fumed.

"The authenticity of the bounty will be reviewed later. After we send it to the higher-ups."

"Good, don't forget that he is a villainous pirate! I want him dead or alive! I want a high bounty on his head all over the world!"

"We're free!"

"Everyone! We're gonna dance and celebrate!"

"Arlong Park has fallen!"

"We've been waiting for this day for eight years!"

"We've been living to rejoice upon this day! Our hardship is over!"

"Tomorrow and the next, let's party until we drop!" Various Villagers at Cocoyashi Villagers cheered as we fast forward in time and we see the whole village having a huge party at the village, celebrating the defeat of the Arlong Pirates as everyone was dancing, drinking, laughing, and even having sex with their loved ones or inviting other people into an orgy indoors as we see a smiling Nojiko drinking some beer at a bench, but she was interrupted by the Village Kid running over to her excitedly.

"Nojiko!"

"Oh, Chabo!" A surprised Nojiko says as the now-named Chabo smiles at her happily.

"I just had a look at Arlong Park! It's all smashed to bits! It's amazing!"

"Pretty impressive, huh?" A smug-faced Nojiko asked as Chabo nodded eagerly.

"Yeah! Whoever did it must be awesome people! Who were they?! I heard that they are still here in Cocoyashi Village?! Do you know where I can find them?!"

"Well, there were three people who defeated Arlong and saved us all. One of them currently went with my Sister to go and suck face somewhere, but two of them are right over there." Nojiko says while gesturing over at Luffy and Jack as they were both eating lots of food and the latter was drinking lots of rum with Jake wrapped around his neck as the Rubberman then began choking due to accidentally eating a plate, which caused the Mystic Zoan User to raise his arm and slammed it against his Captain's back, causing him to spit out the plate and sigh heavily in relief as Luffy gave Jack an appreciative thumbs up.

"Are they really two out of the three people who help save the island?"

"I found it hard to believe myself," Nojiko says with an amused grin on her face as we then cue over to the Village's Hospital, and we see Sanji, Gin, and Usopp standing outside, waiting for Zoro to come out as he was currently screaming in pain due to the Village's Doctor, whose name was Nako, treating his wounds.

"Damn, they're still working on him, huh?" Usopp asked with a surprised and nonchalant tone as Sanji shrugged while taking a whiff of his cigarette and sighed heavily.

"He looked pretty torn up, that Zoro."

"Well, he was attacked by Hawk-Eye Mihawk. He was able to destroy ships and kill thousands of people like it was nothing. I'm honestly surprised that he didn't get an even worse injury than that." Gin commented with a wince and a nervous look on his face as Usopp groaned lightly.

"Yeah, but still, that injury is crazy bad. Any other guy would've taken a year or two to heal but for Zoro? He can take it, I suppose."

"You dumbass!" An angry and glaring Nako screamed while treating a wailing and agonized Zoro's wound as said person lay on a medical bed in Cocoyashi Village's Hospital with Johnny and Yosaku lying in their own medical beds as they slept soundly. "You tried to handle an injury this serious by yourself?! Are you guys really pirates?! Don't you have a Doctor on your ship?!"

"A doctor? Not a bad idea!" A grinning Luffy says as he, Jack, and Jake pop their heads in through the window, which was placed above Zoro's bed. "We do need a doctor," Luffy says as, somewhere in the Grand Line, a certain reindeer lets out a small sneeze. "But we need a musician first," Luffy stated seriously as a certain afro-wearing skeleton in the Grand Line lets out a small sneeze.

"Why's that, Captain?" Jack asked with a raised eyebrow as Luffy smiled.

"Because Pirates love to sing, don't you know?"

"You really need to set your priorities straight, Captain," Jack says with a heavy sigh as Luffy shrugs and turns to Nako.

"Hey Doctor, where's Nami? And how's her arm? Can you put it back?"

"No, I can't just put it back. That's not how it works." An annoyed Nako says as he then sighed heavily. "Look, Nami was here this morning when I was finished properly healing her and gave her something to help her with her missing arm."

~[Mini-Flashback]~

It was a beautiful morning in Cocoyashi Village as we appeared at the Cocoyashi Village Hospital and we zoomed into the building to see a sleeping Nami resting on a medical bay in the Woman's Wing with Zoro, Yosaku, and Johnny sleeping in the Man's Wing as she groaned and slowly opened her eyes while sitting up as she felt an odd weight on the right side of her body, and glanced over to see a blue and orange prosthetic arm attached to what was the stump of her former human arm.

"Huh?" Nami asked with a surprised tone as she clutched her hand and the fingers moved obediently to her will as the orange-haired woman was stunned by this.

"Like the new arm?" Asher asked worriedly while leaning against the doorway with Nojiko and Akira standing near him as a stunned Nami turned to them.

"Where'd it come from?"

"Nako, told us that there was someone in the village who also has prosthetic limbs, so while you were asleep, he found one for you and customized it to suit you after he finished healing up your wounds," Nojiko explained as Akira gave her a hopeful look.

"Do you like it?"

"...It's...going to take a lot getting used to it, but I will manage," Nami says cryptically while glancing down at her prosthetic arm silently with tears in her eyes as Asher and the others go over to comfort her.

~[Mini-Flashback Over]~

"After that, they all left to go to their own devices, but if I know Nami, there's only one place where she will go," Nako says stoically as Luffy tilts his head curiously.

"...I got to admit, your mother is a pretty woman," Asher says with a soft tone while glancing down at a drawing of Bellemere that Nami had made and handed it to him earlier as we see him, the orange-haired woman and Akira sitting near Bellemere's grave on the cliffside as Genzo could be seen supervising them in the background.

"Thanks, she was," Nami says with teary eyes as she frowns. "I wish that you could've met her. You two would've gotten along...you know, after she kicks your ass because I kissed you." Nami says sheepishly as Asher laughs amusedly.

"Ha, ha, ha, good to know. She has a fiery spirit. Just like her Daughter." Asher says with a blushing smile while awkwardly grabbing her hand as Nami smiles softly and gives him a half-lid-loving smile as she is about to kiss him but is stopped by Akira as he separates them with a glare on his face.

"Not in front of Mom, please," Akira says as Nami and Asher share a look and snort as they laugh loudly just as Nojiko appears as she runs over to them.

"Oh, there you guys are," Nojiko commented while appearing on the cliff from where Bellemere was buried as she spotted Nami, Asher, and Akira sitting near Bellemere's grave with Genzo watching them on quietly as the blue-haired woman stepped forward. "What's with you three? They're looking for you, guys. Your nakama." Nojiko commented as Akira shrugged with a small frown on his face.

"Oh, we are just paying respects to Mom and introducing Asher to her.." Akira says as Nami nods and smiles softly.

"Hey, Nojiko. Dad. If Mom was still alive, you think she'd stop me from becoming a Pirate?"

"A Pirate?! Are you kidding me?! She'd never let her precious little girl become a pirate!" A glaring Genzo snapped as Nojiko grinned slyly and giggled.

"She wouldn't stop ya."

"NOJIKO!"

"And even if she did say 'No', would you listen?" Nojiko asked with a knowing tone as Nami giggled and shook her head.

"Nope!" Nami says as Genzo blinked in surprise...before snorting as he laughed.

"Ah, I see, you two are without doubt Bellemere's daughters," Genzo says with a warm smile on his face as everyone turns to him. "Nami, you've made up your mind already, right? So just do what you feel is right. Just like your mother did. Bellemere would've wanted no less." Genzo says as Nami smiles and nods as he and Nojiko then turn around to walk away. "Oh, and Asher?" Genzo asked, catching his attention as he glanced at him. "As Nami's Designated Father Figure, I just want to say that since my girl loves you enough to kiss you, then I guess that you have my permission to date her and even marry her if you two choose to do so at sea and aren't able to talk to me about it, but I want to tell you something. If you EVER take away Nami's smile or make her unhappy, I will hunt you down and kill you, Devil Fruit or not."

"Dad!" An embarrassed Nami yelled with a blush as Nojiko laughed while Asher's face paled a bit as he nodded nervously with a gulp and Genzo seemed to be satisfied with this as he and his second Daugther then walked off, allowing the trio to enjoy the tranquil and hot sun as, before they could react, Hatchan suddenly jumped out of the ocean and landed in front of them, alarming Asher as he glared at him and were about to attack the Fishman, but was stopped by Nami.

"Wait, Asher, don't attack him, Hatchan is a good guy."

"He is?" A disbelieving Asher asked with a glare as a nervous Hatchan nodded and held up his hands defensively.

"Yeah, I even left the Arlong Pirates as soon as I could," Hatchan says sincerely as Nami nods while turning to Asher.

"He's not lying or anything. He's always been kind to me when I first joined the Arlong Pirates."

"Me as well." Akira pointed out as he then turned to Hatchan. "But I have to ask, what are you doing here?"

"I came here to wonder what happened with Akira's Mother's Trident."

"Wait, what? This Trident belongs to my Mother?" A shocked Akira asked with wide eyes while glancing down at the Magic Trident in his hands as Hatchan nodded.

"Yeah, your Mother had it but lost it when she got imprisoned to Impel Down. I wasn't able to tell you this due to Arlong's intervention, but now that he's defeated. I can finally tell you about her." Hatchan says with a somber smile as Akira, Asher, and Nami give her a stunned and curious look. "I knew your Mother back in the day. When she got imprisoned in Impel Down, she had Jinbei, her little Brother and your Uncle, hand you over to me when you were just a baby as well as the trident. Jinbei wanted me to give it to you when you were old enough, but Arlong took it because the trident is the weapon of a king." Hatchan says as Akira gasped in shock while having a small flashback to when he was a baby and vaguely remembered seeing a Sea Monster Fishwoman with a Magic Trident in her arm as Baby Akira cooed and reached over to touch it with his little hands as his Mother smiled warmly and said, 'One day it will be yours, just as it was great Atlan's once'.

"You're not lying. I remember her, only for a little bit." Akira says with a stunned tone as Nami reaches over to rub his back to comfort him.

"So, wait, if you were looking after Akira, how did you lose him?" Asher asked with a raised eyebrow as Hatchan sighed heavily.

"Oh, it was horrible," Hatchan says as he then gives Nami a saddened look. "Do you know the place where Bellemere was able to find you and your siblings? I lost him there. The Arlong Pirates went to attack that Village and were attacked by the Marines. I lost track of Akira and the next time I found him, I saw Bellemere taking him and you girls out of the island on your boat. After I was able to track you guys down, I decided to guide you guys to Cocoyashi Village safely and left because I saw how much you guys loved each other and I wanted Akira to be happy. Although, when Arlong found out rumors about a Fishman living in Cocoyashi Village...well...you guys know the rest." Hatchan says with a solemn tone as Nami teared up and smiled as she leaned over to kiss his cheek.

"Thanks for saving us, Hatchan."

"Yeah, thanks," Akira says with a grateful tone as Hatchan smiles and nods. "But I want to know, if my Mom is in Impel Down, does that mean that she has a Wanted Poster? Can I see it?"

"Sure." Hatchan says while reaching behind him to pull out his Mom's Wanted Poster as Akira reaches up to grab it and is amazed to see a tall Sea Monster Fishwoman posing with a big grin on her face while wearing a red long cape and brown armor and holding her Trident as it says, 'Queen of the Seas Marius D. Rhode: Dead Or Alive-200 Million Berries' as the Fishman Kid stared at it in awe while Asher and Nami did a double take in pure shock.

"200 MILLION BERRIES?!" Nami asked with her jaws dropped and bugged out eyes as Asher slapped his hand against his forehead while Akira was busy noticing that his Mother also has a 'D' on his Mother's name as he raised an eyebrow confusedly.

"I didn't even think that it was possible for a Bounty to go up that high!"

"He, he, he, my Mom's awesome!" A beaming Akira says while studying his Mother's Wanted Poster as, after allowing the duo to compose themselves from how high the Bounty was, Hatchan then turns to Nami with a serious look on his face.

"Now, Nami, I have to warn you that if you ever decide to take Akira with you, there will be hardship in the future. As you can clearly tell, no one loves Fishmen, so if you take Akira with you on your journey, you need to disguise him and keep an eye on him or else someone will try to kill him." Hatchan worried as Nami grew grim and nodded with Asher placing his hand on her shoulder to comfort her as the Fishman then smiled at her. "Anyway, take care," Hatchan says while turning around to run over to jump off the cliff and dive down into the ocean as he was planning to swim towards the direction of the Grand Line but stopped as the Fishman heard a small moan nearby and turned his head to see a heavily injured Gelora swimming around weakly as Hatchan worriedly swam over to check on her.

"...Boy, I'm full," Sanji says with a groan as we fast forward to three days later during nighttime, and we see that the villagers are STILL having their grand party as we see Zoro drinking some beer while sitting in an alleyway as Sanji appears out of nowhere and goes over to sit down beside him. "It's nice to have someone feeding me for a change."

"Where are the others?" Zoro asked curiously as Sanji shrugged.

"Well, Asher went somewhere elsewhere with Nami to do whatever."

"And you're not intimidated by that?" A disbelieving Zoro asked as Sanji shrugged.

"Eh, trust me, a virgin loser like him won't get any play with her. A kiss is all he is going to get but trust me, I will claim Nami soon enough." Sanji says with a smug grin as he then reaches into his jacket and pulls out a cigarette as he began smoking it. "Gin went off to get some food and drinks with the pets, Usopp is getting drunk and making a fool of himself, Johnny and Yosaku are dancing, and Luffy and Jack are having an eating contest elsewhere. Anyway, how's your wound, Zoro?"

"Eh, with some rest and a good meal, I'll heal up soon enough," Zoro says with a shrug as he then turns to glare in annoyance at the grand party before him. "Seriously, why's this stupid party still going on? It's been three days now."

"Ain't that a good thing? When you feel happy, you should be able to enjoy yourself." Sanji says with a shrug as Luffy and Jack suddenly run over to them while holding two pieces of meat as the blonde-haired man turns to them.

"Hey Sanji! You were eating some kind of melon earlier! What was it?!"

"Oh, that? It's called Raw Ham Melon, so there was raw ham on it." Sanji explained as Jack drooled a bit.

"Sounds delicious, where is it?"

"Beats me. It's a potluck party for the whole island, so someone must have brought them." Sanji explained as Luffy and Jack quickly zoomed off. "Man, they have been eating and drinking rum for three days now. You'd think they would quit after a while like Asher did." Sanji says with a shrug before standing up as he stretched a bit. "Welp, now that my belly is full, it's time to pick up some ladies~," Sanji says with a suave tone while turning around to walk away with his hands in his pockets as Zoro rolls his eyes but said nothing as he continues drinking and then felt Kuina's Spirit reached over and place her hand on his thigh as he smiled at it lightly.

"I AM CAPTAIN USOPP! I WAS THE ONE WHO DEFEATED THE INVINCIBLE FISHMEN!" A drunken Usopp cheered while standing on a huge tower of chairs as everyone began cheering for them, except for an annoyed Gin, who sat at a table and continued drinking while ignoring some gigging woman trying to flirt with him as Cottontail and Jake could be seen trying to steal each other's food as Johnny and Yosaku were dancing with each other in the background. "LET'S SING ABOUT ME! WHO WAS IT? WHO WAS IT? WHO BEAT THE FISHMEN?! I'M THE BEST~,"

"Man, this is so lame." An annoyed Nojiko says while sitting next to Chabo as he is eating a corn on a cob. "I thought you'd be more like, 'It's not fair! Why couldn't this happen before my father had to die?', or something." Nojiko asked with a smug grin after mocking Chabo's voice as he pouted before putting on a serious look and shrugged.

"Well, I did think that, at first, but now, I'm more concerned about my future."

"Your future?"

"See, we were saved by that Straw-Hat Guy, the Bomb Guy, and the Shapeshifting Guy and their friends, but starting tomorrow, we're gonna have to take care of ourselves. We shouldn't forget the past, but it's not important now. Rather, the important thing now is the future. What do we do from now on? What did we learn? We are the future of this village. That's what I've been thinking about."

"...Eh, you're too mature." A bemused Nojiko says while reaching over to pinch Chabo's cheeks with a coo as he yelped in pain.

"W-Why are you pinching me? What did I do?"

"Eh, I wanted to pick on you a little more," Nojiko stated bluntly as Chabo glared at her in irritation.

"You ARE picking on me! You, you tattooed skank!"

"Skank, huh? It's fine by me." Nojiko said with a giggle and a smirk as she then noticed Sanji walking by and eyed him up and down hungrily as a sultry look appeared on her face. "In fact, why don't I live by that name right now?" Nojiko asked, confusing Chabo as she stood up and walked over to Sanji, who turned to her with a smile as he bowed.

"Oh, hello, my lady. Can you give me the pleasure of dancing with-,"

"You and me, in that hotel, five minutes." Nojiko interrupted with a sly grin as Sanji faltered a bit in shock with a blush on his face.

"Wait, really? That fast?"

"Eh, I'm done playing nice. I want to live a little, so are you in or not?" Nojiko asked with a seductive tone while walking towards the house and shaking her ass around as Sanji blinked in surprise before beaming as he straightened his tie and made his way over to her.

"Can it be removed?" Nami asked hopefully while lying down on a medical bay at the Cocoyashi Village Hospital without her shirt on and lying on her stomach while using her arms to cover up her breasts and Asher stood near her as Nako could be seen carrying around some tattoo removal equipment to use on her and Akira as the Fishman Boy was lying down on his back on a nearby medical bed as well.

"Yes, please, we don't want to be stuck with these tattoos for the rest of our lives." A worried Akira says as Nako gives them both a reassuring look.

"Leave it to me. I've been thinking of how to remove them, but there will be some scarring, these are tattoos after all. That's the nature of these things."

"...I was stupid. I knew I couldn't take it off." Nami says with a somber look on her face as Asher reaches over to place his hand on her shoulder to comfort her.

"Don't worry, Nami, at least you will have it removed now, and heck, maybe you can have a different tattoo to cover up the old one? And if you want, I can get a tattoo too to cheer you up." Asher suggested with a smile as Nami blinked in surprise but smiled warmly, remembering when Nojiko got her tattoos to try and make her feel better about her Arlong Pirates Tattoo as she leaned up to kiss him in gratitude.

"I love that idea, Asher," Nami says as Asher blushes at the kiss, still getting used to it as a huffing Akira turns to the Doctor.

"Can you please remove my tattoo and change it too?"

"Sure, what type of designs do you two want for your tattoos?" Nako asked as Nami and Akira turned to smile at each other while reaching into their pocket to pull out a couple of papers with drawings on them as the Village's Doctor reached over to grab them and smiled as he nodded. "Consider it done," Nako said while preparing to get to work as Asher reached down and grabbed his blue shirt as he took it off to reveal his muscular slim form and six-pack abs as Nami stared at him hungrily with hearts in her eyes as she grinned slyly, getting an idea on how to reward Asher for his help earlier as we then cue over to Bellemere's Grave and we see a stoic Genzo pouring down some alcohol on her grave as he smiled softly.

"Hey, Bellemere. Your daughters have grown into wonderful, strong individuals now. Just like you were, long ago. We'll work hard to live our lives to the fullest. We've been through so many hardships, and so, I think I'll laugh to my heart's content until I look like a fool because I'm happy for the first time in a long while-,"

"RAW HAM MELON!" Luffy screamed loudly while rushing onto the scene excitedly as Genzo flinched in surprise and grew an annoyed thick mark on his head as he turned to face him. "Eh? There's nothing to eat here. Guess I'm goin' back to meet up with Jack." Luffy says with a shrug as he and Jack had split up earlier to try and find the Raw Ham Melon faster, but then blinked in surprise at the sight of the grave as the Rubberman tilted his head in surprise. "Huh? A grave? Did someone die?"

"Yeah, a long time ago," Genzo said somberly as Luffy gave him a sympathetic look but said nothing as the Chief of the Cocoyashi Village turned to give him a serious glare. "Listen, Luffy, I gave this speech already to Asher earlier, but anyway, look, I know Nami's going to sail with you to be a Pirate. It's a dangerous journey. I know it can't be helped. That's okay...but if you ever take Nami's smile away, I'm gonna hunt you down and kill you.

"Well, I don't plan on stealing anything," Luffy stated bluntly but sincerely as Genzo stared at them quietly before smiling softly as he nodded.

Meanwhile, back at Cocoyashi Village, we see a still drunken Usopp dancing around and trying to have everyone sing with him again, but failed due to everyone lying on the ground, passed out drunk as the groaning Sniper then falls backwards into the ground and began sleeping as Zoro can be seen sleeping in the alleyway while gripping his sword tightly as Kuna's Spirit can be seen lying on his lap as a sleeping Gin was resting on the ground with his arms crossed and leaned against the wall with his eyes closed, Cottontail and Jake cuddled with each other while on top of a table, Akira (Who had decided to join the party after getting his new tattoo and wanted to show it off to everyone) was sleeping with a snoring Johnny and Yosaku, and a grunting and naked Sanji could be seen thrusting himself inside of a naked and moaning Nojiko in their hotel room as, back at Nojiko's House, we see Asher dragging in the bag filled with all of Nami's stolen pirate treasure as he placed it inside.

"Is here good?" Asher asked while turning to Nami, who walked into the house as she nodded with a smile on her face.

"Yep, thanks, Asher," Nami says while reaching into her pocket to pull out a note as she places it on top of the bag filled with treasure as the Bombman looks around curiously.

"I have to admit, your old home looks great."

"Thanks, it's small and we didn't have much, but it was still good. I just wished that I realized it earlier before..." Nami says while tearing up as Asher walks over to place his hand on her shoulder with a comforting smile on his face.

"Hey, don't focus on all of the negatives, focus on the positive," Asher says as Nami smiles and nods.

"Yeah, you're right. I should focus more on the greater parts of my old past with my family, like when Mom made Nojiko, Akira, and me a great feast every year around the anniversary of the day that we first met and became a real family. Or when she comforted us after a heavy storm rolled in and destroyed our orchard. You want to know what she said to us that day? She said that we needed to be strong kids who could smile even during hard times. Do that, and then nice things will come to you."

"Your Mom sounds wise and nice," Asher commented with a small smile as Nami nodded.

"She was, she even supported my dream of being a Navigator. I owe it to her to fulfill my dream." Nami said as Asher smiled and nodded while going over to give her a comforting hug as they talked for a bit before the Bombman turned around to leave to use the bathroom real quick as, once he was gone, the Spirit of Bellemere appeared before Nami while sitting on a chair as her Daughter turned to her. "Hey, Mom, it's finally over. It took eight long years, but we're finally free. Me, and everyone else."

"..."

"It's just like you said, Mom. As long as you keep living, good times will eventually come again. It came true, and now, everyone in the village is smiling, from the bottom of their hearts."

"..."

"Me? I've decided to leave the island after meeting up with some friends that I've made. That boy that just left? His name is Asher. I think he's cute, do you?"

"..."

"No, Mom, you can't steal him from me. Besides, he's pretty innocent. I think you will break him." A playfully angry Nami says with a joking tone as she then smiles warmly. "But yes, I do think that I have feelings for him. I think that I might even love him. I mean, why wouldn't I be? It's thanks to him that I have finally gotten the freedom and the courage to go out into the sea and accomplish my dream of becoming a real navigator and make a map of the whole world."

"..."

"Don't worry, I'll be okay. They're really good people, and pretty strong, too. For the last eight years, I've drawn so many maps, but this is the only one I managed to save." Nami says while reaching behind her to pull out her original map of Cocoyashi Village. "From now on, I'll only draw maps for myself. I want to see the world. Together with my nakama and my boyfriend...well, I'm not sure if we are there yet, but still, I can finally do my dream."

"..."

"Thanks, but to be completely honest, I'm not sure when I'll be coming back. After tomorrow morning, I will leave Cocoyashi Village for good. Probably for a couple of years or even decades, but I promise that when I have created the map of the entire world, I will come back to show it to you and everyone else." Nami says with a smile on her face as she then gaped upon feeling Bellemere's Spirit pushing her towards the hallway of her home just as Asher came out of the bathroom as the Bombman turned to her curiously.

"Oh, hey, Nami, who are you talking to?" Asher asked curiously as Nami turned her head and realized that her Mother's Spirit had disappeared, leaving behind a package filled with condoms as she blushed heavily before snorting and rolled her eyes as the orange-haired woman bent down to grabbed it and stood up as Nami then turned back to her crush.

"Oh, no one, anyway, do you mind if we talk about something in my room?"

"Sure," Asher says with an oblivious smile, not knowing what is about to happen as a smiling Nami reaches over to grab his hand and begins leading him away with a sly yet nervous smirk on her face as they eventually reach her room and open it as the Lovebirds steps in. "Wow, nice room." Asher says while looking around as he spots a large red bed, a window in the room, a bookshelf filled with books, a dresser filled with her clothes, a small desk with some books on navigation placed on it, a small orange/white rug, and a closet filled with more clothes.

"Thanks," Nami says with a smile before gesturing at Asher to sit down on her bed as he does, and the orange-haired woman sits down beside him after taking off her shoes. "So, I wanted to talk about our relationship."

"Oh, yeah, I wanted to talk about that as well." A blushing Asher asked as he looked away. "So, when you kissed me earlier, was that because you like me or was that just a friendly kiss?" Asher asked shyly as Nami blinked in surprise, but snorted as she laughed.

"Asher, if I kissed someone on the mouth, I definitely like-like them, you know?" Nami said with a giggle as she then frowned and looked away with tears in her eyes. "But I have to say, I want to say sorry for stealing the Going Merry and for what I said a couple of days ago, Asher, I-,"

"Don't," Asher stated bluntly as Nami gave him a surprised look. "Look, Nami, I'm not going to lie, I felt...hurt by what you did. I thought that after everything we went through, you didn't care about it, but after listening to your story from your Sister, I finally realized why you did what you did and I don't blame you for it. I'm just sorry that I wasn't able to stop your pain a long time ago." Asher says while reaching over to wipe away the tears on her face as Nami giggles softly and shakes her head.

"It's okay, Asher, I'm just happy that you were able to stop my pain now. Thanks for everything that you did for me, Asher. I know this may seem out of nowhere, but I think I grew to love you." Nami says with a blush as Asher blushes harder and smiles sheepishly.

"Well, full disclosure, I always thought you were really pretty and after all this mess, I can safely say that I love you too, so can we...can we Boyfriend and Girlfriend?" Asher asked nervously as Nami smiled sweetly and leaned over to kiss him.

"Does that answer your question~?" Nami asked with a seductive tone as Asher blushed heavily but smiled as he nodded before being surprised by the orange-haired woman getting on top of him as she leaned in to begin making out with him, surprising Asher as he lay down there awkwardly and shyly kissed her back as Nami moaned and this caused the Bombman to feel some strange feelings as he felt his pants tightened a bit, scaring him as he gasped and separated from his Girlfriend as said person blinked in surprise. "What's wrong?"

"I-I don't know, my penis got hard for some odd reason. What's happening?" A worried Asher asked as Nami tilted her head oddly.

"Wait, don't know you about the birds and the bees?"

"Well, uh, my Dad did tell me where babies come from, but I never understood why my penis gets hard sometimes. It became an even bigger problem since I met you Nami. I have no idea how to take care of it." Asher says with a sad pout as Nami blinked in surprise before narrowing her eyes with a lustful predatory look on her face as she smiled.

~{LEMON, IF YOU ARE SENSITIVE TO THESE TYPES OF THINGS, THEN I SUGGEST THAT YOU SKIP AHEAD}~

"Do you want me to help you out with your problem?" Nami asked with a sultry tone as Asher blinked in surprise.

"Wait, really?" A hopeful Asher asked as Nami nodded cheekily.

"Yeah, I was planning to have some fun with you tonight to reward you for helping me out against the Arlong Pirates, so this will work out perfectly."

"O-Oh, okay, what do we do?" Asher asked shyly with a feeling of trepidation in his body as Nami couldn't help but find this adorable as he looked like an excited puppy.

"Well, I have to ask, have you ever masturbated before?"

"What's that?" Asher asked cluelessly as Nami's eyes widened in surprise before smiling softly as she giggled.

"Well, how about we start off with something simple and start kissing and go with it?" Nami suggested as Asher smiled bashfully and nodded as he laid down on the bed and allowed the orange-haired woman to get over to lay on top of him as she leaned down and began gingerly kissing him, causing him to moan as he reached up to cup her face and began kissing her back as they began making out with each other passionately with closed-eyes and moaning Nami reached down to began rubbing his chest and reached underneath it to touch his abs as Asher shivered and moaned as the orange-haired woman then separated from him and reached down to grab his blue shirt as she took it off, revealing his six-pack abs to Nami, who can't help but drool a bit as the Bombman blushed by her gaze.

"I-Is it okay if you also take off your shirt? I've never seen a girl's boobs before." Asher said shyly as Nami cooed at his cuteness and nodded while reaching down to grab her white top and took it off, revealing to be wearing a pink bra that held her C-Cup Breasts as the Bombman looked amazed by the sight of them and raised his arms, but stopped them as he blushed and perked up at the sight of a blue tattoo on Nami's left shoulder, which represents mikan, and pinwheels respectively as it replaced her old tattoo of the Arlong Pirates. "Oh, nice tattoo there, Nami."

"Thanks, I love your tattoo too," Nami says with a smile as Asher has a tattoo of a white skull with crossbones and wearing a straw hat on his chest as she reaches down to rub it. "Anyway, sweetie, how about you focus on something else? It's okay if you touch my boobs, you know? You are my boyfriend after all, but please be gentle with them. They are pretty sensitive~," Nami encouraged while puffing out her breasts as Asher nervously reached up and tentatively grabbed them as his eyes widened in pure shock, unable to believe how soft and large they were as he began pawning them, causing Nami to moan and arch her back as she mumbled at him to continue as the Bombman blushed heavily but began rubbing her breasts and even went underneath them to touch her nipples experimentally as she whimpered and this caused the turn on the Male Straw Hat Pirate as he instinctively raised himself to kiss Nami again and tackled her down on her bed.

Moaning to the heavens, Nami allowed Asher to dominate her as he laid on top of her and continued kissing her while rubbing her bra-covered breasts as they wrapped their legs around each other's bodies and began rolling around on the bed while kissing each other passionately as the Bombman felt his cock hardened even more until it reaches its full mast as this scared him a bit, but the orange-haired woman reached up to cup his cheeks and kissed him reassuringly as she winked at him and pushed him back until he laid down on the bed as Nami straddled him and grins seductively as she reached behind her and undid her pink bra, exposing her C-Cup Breasts as they bounced a bit, and this caused Asher to go fully red as he panted and mindlessly thrust his hips as she felt his hardened penis hit the center of her shorts and shivered in delight.

Deciding to help out her Boyfriend with his first experience, Nami then lowered herself down and reached up to grab his black pants, leaving him nothing but his black eyepatch as her eyes widened in shock at the sight of his fully erect 9-inch cock and lick her lip hungrily as she then laid down beside Asher and kissed his cheek as the orange-haired woman lowers her human hand to grab his erect member, causing the Bombman to gasp sharply due to never feeling someone touch his dick before and he only touched it whenever he needs to pee and whatnot, but this feeling feels stranger than usual...although it does feel pretty pleasurable as Asher panted lightly and leaned his sweaty head against her shoulder as a smiling Nami began pumping him up.

Biting his lip, Asher panted and moaned as Nami continued moving her hand up and down on his dick as she felt some precum leaking out of it and briefly lets go of it, much to Asher's disappointment and neediness as he thrusted his hips upwards desperately and the orange-haired woman giggled cutely as she then raised raise her hand and lick off the cum from said hand, absolutely loving the taste of his sperm as Nami can't help but realize that it feels warmer than usual as she decided to think about this later upon seeing Asher's confused yet exhilarated flushed face as she leaned down to kiss him briefly while mumbling that it was okay for him to feel this way as Nami reached down to grab his cock again and began moving it up and down.

Groaning loudly and thrusting his hips to get some extra pleasure from his Girlfriend, Asher then flinched in surprise when he experienced something that the Bombman had never encountered before as he felt a strong sensation forming from within the length of his erect penis, and Asher briefly assumed that he was going to pee, but stopped upon realizing that this feeling was pleasurable, and felt like something was threatening to explode in a good way as Asher's body began heating up tremendously.

Blinking in shock, Nami was stunned to feel that Asher's body was growing hot like he was feverish and was briefly scared that he was going to blow up until she noticed that her boyfriend's cock was twitching erratically, his arousal increasing with her movements as she noticed that Asher seems to look heavily confused and his legs began to shake with his body trembling as he subconsciously thrusted his hips recklessly and a sly Nami smirked, realizing what was about to happen and was happy to have Asher experience his very first orgasm as she began moving her hand up and down at a faster rate.

"Ahhhhhh~,"

"..."

"N-Nami~!"

"..."

"Ahhhhhhh…fuck...N-Nami…w-wait, for real~,"

"..."

"Ahhhh...s-something's…c-coming…o-out~!"

"..."

"NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!" Asher exclaimed while roaring as a gallon of hot cum ejected out of his cock and splashed against Nami's bed and her hand as she reached up to lick it off and grinned slyly, feeling a bit bemused by how fast Asher came as she was only giving him a handjob for a minute or so, but the orange-haired woman figured it makes sense that her boyfriend is a quick shooter due to him never touching himself before in his life as Nami then glanced down at him.

"What do you think, Asher~?" Nami asked with a warm tone as Asher panted heavily and glanced up at her with a small smile on his face.

"T-That...was...incredible...but what is that white stuff that came out of my penis?" Asher asked curiously as Nami giggled and licked off more of his warm sperm from her hand.

"It's your sperm, Asher. It's what used to make babies."

"...Wait...does that mean that I got you pregnant?!" A worried Asher asked with wide eyes as an annoyed Nami used her prosthetic arm to bonk him on the head.

"No, you dummy! You can only get me pregnant if you shoot your sperm inside me, which is why I have this." Nami says while holding up the box filled with condoms.

"What's that?" Asher asked curiously as Nami opened up the box and reached inside to pull out a red condom that seems to fit with the size of her boyfriend's cock.

"It's called a condom. It's something that you wear on your dick to prevent any of your cum from reaching my womb and getting me pregnant." Nami says while opening up the small packet as she pulled out the condom and placed it down on Asher's still erect cock as his face grimaced a bit.

"It feels a bit uncomfortable..."

"Well, suck it up, because I refuse to get pregnant so soon," Nami said with a huff before putting on a seductive grin as she got out of bed and landed on the ground as the orange-haired woman then reached up to grab her blue shorts and pulled them down as well as her pink panties and tossed them back, revealing her hairy orange pussy and perky thick ass as Asher blushed harder and his cock twitched madly with his arousal as Nami then went over to lay on top of her boyfriend with his cock briefly smushed against her asscheeks as she gave him a nervous smile. "A-Are you ready?"

"F-For what?" Asher asked worriedly as Nami leaned down to give him a reassuring kiss in the mouth.

"Oh, you will see soon~," Nami says with a loving tone while being a bit jealous that she will lose her virginity, but loves Asher enough to go through with it as she reached down to grab his erect and cum-covered dick and aim it to her hot hoven as the orange-haired woman proceeds to have his dick get inside of her, causing her to gasp sharply with wide eyes and felt a bolt of electricity go up her spine while Asher gritted his teeth and blushed as he groaned loudly, feeling his girlfriend's hot and wet walls covering up his cock completely as he felt the same familiar sensation from before creeping up his balls, but was unwilling to finish so soon, not wanting to have this amazing moment end so prematurely.

Moaning under her breath, Nami reached over to place her hands on his shoulders to steady herself due to her hymen being broken and trembling visibly as Asher glanced down and spotted some blood leaking down from Nami's vagina and washed over his cock as he panicked, thinking that he hurt Nami and tried to separate from her, only for her to stop him and gave him a shaky, reassuring smile and leaned down to kiss him, telling him to give her a minute as Asher nodded nervously, and after waiting for about five minutes or so, the orange-haired woman's pain was replaced with pleasure as she began slowly moving her hips up and down.

Whimpering in pleasure, Nami continued jumping up and down on him with his cock going in and out of her slick vagina with the Bombman gritting his teeth in extreme pleasure, feeling almost overwhelmed by this as he then reached up to grab her perky thick ass and began forcing her to go down further on his dick, having his nine-inch pecker go fully inside of her as she blushed heavily and sticks out her tongue as the orange-haired woman panted and squealed lightly as Asher began thrusting his hips upwards to awkwardly match Nami's movements, causing his dick to go deeper and deeper inside of her pussy as hearts appeared in her eyes.

Going heart-eyed as well, Asher continued thrusting himself inside Nami while feeling himself twitch and pant heavily as he glanced up and was memorized by the sight of Nami going up and down on his cock with her C-Cup Breasts jumping with her movement as the moonlight shined through the window and illuminated the orange-haired woman, making her look even more beautiful than before as a moaning Asher felt a familiar creeping up his balls and struggled very hard to not blow his load so fast, but was unable to hold it anymore as Asher moaned loudly with Nami feeling his body growing hot again as she didn't have any time to think about it due to the Bombman cumming heavily inside of his condom, but accidentally broke it due to subconsciously activating his Devil Fruit and causing numerous small non-lethal explosions inside of Nami's vagina, causing his girlfriend to go wide-eyed in shock and awe as one of the explosions hit her G-Spot and Nami lets out a loud moan as her walls constricted itself around Asher's cock and began cumming heavily, spraying his lap with her love juice as this caused the whimpering Bombman to cum again as he sprayed her insides with his warm sperm.

~{Lemon Over}~

"Ah...ah...ah...ah...ah...ah...you dummy...you broke the condom, you could've gotten me pregnant~," A moaning Nami says while feeling a bit weak from her intense orgasm as she falls down on top of Asher, who was equally overwhelmed by his two orgasms as they both panted heavily with Asher and Nami's cum leaking out of the orange-haired woman's pussy as the Lovebirds hugged each other.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean it." A pouting and blushing Asher says as Nami smiles softly and leans over to kiss his cheek.

"It's okay, just be more careful next time," Nami says as Asher nods, and both of them share a long passionate loving kiss before separating from him as the Navigator of the Straw Hat Pirates winks at him and sticks out her tongue playfully. "So, what do you say? Want to go for round two~,"

"Yes, ma'am!"

"Everything's onboard?" Luffy asked with a big grin on his face while placing his hands on his hips as we cue to the next morning, and we see everyone from Cocoyashi Village standing in front of the parked Going Merry as Jack, Gin, and Usopp were working together to pack up the extra supplies that the villagers had graciously gave them for their journey as Zoro wanted to help out but was immediately shut down by his Captain under the orders that he needs to relax and calm down due to his injury as Sanji was taking a smoke break while sitting on top of a rather large crate as Cottontail and Jake were resting on the crow's nest.

"Yep," Jack says with a nod as Sanji grins.

"Alright then. They've stocked us up with food. Looks like we're ready to go." Sanji says while feeling the barrel squirm underneath him and some soft groans rang out as he raises an eyebrow, but then shrugs as a smiling Usopp places the crate down on the ground.

"You know, we've only been here a few days, but I feel like we've made so many memories on this island."

"You are not wrong," Gin says with a small smile on his face as we then see Zoro leaning over the railings to glance down at Yosaku and Johnny.

"We owe you a lot for everything you've done for us, but we got to go back to our regular jobs as Bounty Hunters." A grateful Yosaku says as he and Johnny do their famous badass pose.

"We'll bid our farewells for now, but hopefully, we'll meet again one day."

"Take care, a'right?" Zoro asked with a smirk on his face as he bid his friends goodbye and watched on as they left to find their boat.

"Alright, let's get going too," Usopp says with a smile as Sanji then frowns and looks around suspiciously.

"Wait a minute, we're missing someone."

"Yeah, where's Asher?" Gin asked confusedly as Sanji scoffed and rolled his eyes.

"No, not him, you dumbass, where's Nami?!"

"I thought she wasn't coming," Zoro admitted with a casual shrug as a gobsmacked Sanji turned to him in disbelief and anger.

"Why not?! Bastard! You said something rude to her again, didn't you?!"

"Why would I do that? You're trying to get in the way of me and Nami's true love!" Sanji shouted with a glare as Jack rolled his eyes and scoffed.

"Uh, you DO realize that she and Asher are together now, right? They kissed and everything."

"Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! Yeah, right!" A laughing Sanji screamed while wiping away his tears of laughter as he shook his head. "I mean, come on, let's be real here. Nami only kissed Asher to make him feel better and shit. She doesn't actually love him. I mean, it's not like they had sex." Sanji says as Usopp hums thoughtfully and rubs his chin.

"You know, he has a point."

"See? Even Long Nose thinks that I'm right." A smug-faced Sanji says as Usopp turns to shake his head.

"No, not about you simping over Nami. I'm talking about what Zoro said earlier. I mean, think about it, Nami might not have a reason to be a pirate anymore. She'll be happier if she stayed here."

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?! WHAT ABOUT MY HAPPINESS, DAMN IT?! IF NAMI DOESN'T GET ON BOARD, I LOSE 98.72% OF MY REASON TO BE HERE!"

"So, is the 1.28% reason that you decided to join the Straw Hats is to find the All Blue?" A disbelieving Gin asked with a raised eyebrow as Sanji stuttered and roared with rage as Luffy laughed amusedly.

"You know something? I wonder how we will be able to protect ourselves from now on?" Genzo asked Nojiko curiously as they stood on the dock. "Without the Straw Hat Pirates, I doubt that we will be able to protect each other from now on if any more Pirates show up to try and steal or take over our island again."

"Oh, don't worry, Akira got us covered," Nojiko says while pointing ahead as Genzo turned his head, and his eyes bugged out in shock as he spotted Momoo raising his head briefly from out of the ocean.

"What?! Momoo?! How?!" Genzo asked as Nojiko giggled and began telling her tale.

~[Mini Flashback]~

"I've got a little gift for you before I go," Akira said to Nojiko with a smile while standing on the docks early in the morning as he had the tattoo of the Sun Pirates on his chest to replace his old tattoo.

"A gift?" Nojiko asked with a playful grin on her face as she crossed her arms.

"Well, now that I'm going with Nami, I can't exactly leave you here on the island all alone."

"Heh, look at you looking after your Big Sister like a cutie," Nojiko says with a warm smile while rubbing his head. "How did you even convince Nami to allow you to come with her?"

"Errrrr...anyway, I did not want Cocoyashi Village to be left in danger in our absence, so I got you someone to keep you all company," Akira said before giving out a call as, before she could react, Momoo suddenly appeared out of the ocean with a tear in his eye as Nojiko looked up in awe at the creature and walked forwards to the nervous-looking sea beast.

"Easy, big guy," Nojiko said while slowly approaching as he lowered his head to her. "I'm not gonna hurt you," Nojiko says with a sweet tone, calming Momoo down as she then turns to her Little Brother. "So you're leaving him here with us?"

"Yep, Hatchan was able to convince Momoo to help protect you guys in exchange for you guys feeding him monthly," Akira explained as Nojiko nodded and then gave Momoo a subtle scratch under his chin with a grin as the Sea King nuzzled up against her face lovingly.

"Heh, he seems to like me," Nojiko said with a warm smile on her face as Akira nodded.

"Yeah, although he's a bit timid and scared because Nami's Friends beat him up earlier. Hatchan says that Momoo is actually a rather peaceful creature and only attacked the crew because Asher and the others thought that he was trying to eat them," Akira says with a shrug as Nojiko nodded while still rubbing Momoo's head as she cooed.

~[Mini Flashback Over]~

"...and that's about it," Nojiko says with a shrug as she then casually checks her nails. "Oh, and it seems that Akira isn't the only one who left a gift as Nami had left all of her 100 Million Berries at our home."

"What did you say?! She left all of the money?! The whole 100 Million Berries?" A shocked Genzo asked with his jaw dropped as Nojiko nodded.

"Yeah, she left it with a letter...as well as a heavy mess for me to clean up in her room." An annoyed and glaring Nojiko mumbled under her breath as Nako looked flabbergasted.

"She's not planning on bringing any with her? But she worked so hard for it."

"She said she'd just steal more. That's what her letter said. Anyway, once she makes up her mind, there's no changing it, so you two should not bother arguing with her about it." Nojiko stated matter-of-factly with a grin as Genzo scoffed and crossed his arms.

"This is ridiculous. We didn't even get to thank her." Genzo says with a glare before he and the others flinch in surprise as they spot Asher walking onto the scene while carrying around Nami as they have their eyes hidden by shadows.

"Nami?"

"SET THE SAILS!" Nami ordered while taping Asher's sides with her foot as he got the secret message and began running forward, much to the confusion of everyone as they gave her odd looks.

"What's up with them?" A bewildered Gin asked as Usopp nodded.

"Yeah, why is Asher carrying her around? And why are they running?

"She said to set sail," Luffy ordered as everyone flinched in surprise but nodded as they all began setting the sails and preparing to leave, causing Genzo's eyes to widen in realization as he gasped sharply.

"Wait, does she plan on leaving without hearing our thanks and appreciation?!" Genzo exclaimed, alarming everyone as they panicked and began trying to stop the lovebirds. "Stop it right there, Nami! I forbid you from leaving this way!"

"Hey, you sure you wanna let her leave this way?" Sanji asked worriedly as Luffy shrugged.

"It's alright."

"Yeah, it is her decision and Asher seems to be helping her out with it." Jack says with a shrug as they all spot a determined Asher running into the crowd of people and zigzagging around to avoid all of their grabs with his superhuman speed while Nami discretely reaches out to grab something from each civilian as they then reach the docks.

"Bomu Bomu No...Takeoff!" Asher exclaimed while generating a big explosion underneath his feet as he sent him and Nami flying up into the air, right above a shocked Nojiko, Genzo, and Nako's heads as the lovebirds landed down on the Going Merry and Nami got off of his back as she then reached down to grab her shirt and lifted it upwards, flashing a blushing Asher her C-Cup Breasts as, before anyone could react, hundreds of wallets and purses fall down, alarming Genzo and the others as they began searching their pockets and come to the shocking realization that Nami stole from them.

"Take care everyone!" Nami shouted with a cheeky grin on her face while wrapping her arm around Asher's shoulder as she kissed his cheek and kissed a big wad of cash in her hand as she winked at the villagers playfully.

"YOU LITTLE BRAT!" Genzo and the rest of the Cocoyashi Villagers screamed angrily as Usopp facepalmed with a groan.

"Oi, she hasn't changed a bit."

"Who knows when she'll turn on us again?" A glaring Zoro says with Cottontail chirping in annoyance as Gin shakes his head and crosses his arms as Luffy, Jack, and Jake laugh loudly as Sanji swoons at Nami before freezing as he catches a good look at Asher and can't help but realize that something seems...different about him as he narrowed his eyes at him suspiciously.

"You lousy thieving cat!"

"Come back here with my wallet!"

"You bad girl!"

"Come back anytime!"

"Take care!" All of the Cocoyashi Villagers screamed in unison with a smiling Nami waving at them goodbye as Asher and Luffy then noticed Genzo giving them a serious glare as the duo perked up and nodded.

"Unbelievable! My sister's a real piece of work alright!" Nojiko says with a giggle as she shakes her head in disbelief and turns to Genzo, who can't help but notice something different about him as she tilts her head curiously. "Hey, Dad, where did your pinwheel go?"

"Heh, no need for it anymore," Genzo says with a warm smile on his face, remembering that the reason why he put on a pinwheel was to calm down a crying Nami due to being scared of his face as he instead left his pinwheel at Bellemere's grave as well as a tangerine.

"You know what, Nami? I'm honestly surprised that you never said goodbye to Akira." Asher says to Nami after they sailed far away from Cocoyashi Village as said person sighs somberly.

"Trust me, I wanted to, but I haven't seen him all day," Nami said just as the barrel that Sanji was previously sitting on was moving around until a grinning Akira jumped out of the barrel and landed on the ground, much to Nami's shock as she had her jaw dropped, Asher blinked in surprise, Cottontail titled his head curiously, Luffy looked emotionless, Jack did a double take, Zoro looks stoic, Usopp's eyes bugged out in alarm and worry, Jake hissed lightly, Sanji's left eye twitched a bit, and Gin scowled a bit.

"Hi, guys."

"Akira! What the hell are you doing here?!" An angry Nami asked as Akira grinned sheepishly and shrugged.

"Well, I wasn't sure if you guys would allow me to come with you, so I decided to sneak onboard so that I can hopefully join your crew."

"I don't want you, coward," Luffy stated bluntly with a smile as Akira did a double take in shock.

"What?!"

"Yeah, sorry, kid, but you won't be able to survive with us for long," Gin stated seriously as Nami turned to glare at Luffy.

"Luffy, take this ship back around! We're taking Akira back home right now!"

"No!" A glaring and determined Akira shouted, surprising everyone as he clenched his fists. "I want to join you guys so that I can learn how to be strong! I want to accomplish my dream of uniting Humans and Fishmen together, but I can't do it without joining you guys, so please, let me join the Straw Hats." Akira pleaded as Luffy glared at him for a couple of seconds...before smiling widely as he pointed at him.

"Yosh! From now on, you will be the Straw Hat Pirates' Cabin Boy!"

"Yes! Thank you!" An excited Akira says as a fuming Nami turns to her Captain.

"Now, you listen here-,"

"Forget, Nami. There's no way to change your Brother's mind, so you might as well accept it." Asher says with a wise tone as Nami groans loudly and shakes her head as Zoro narrows his eyes and walks over to bend down to grab Akira by his neck as he begins dragging him away.

"Hey, wait, what are you-,"

"YOU WANT TO BE STRONG, THEN YOU HAVE TO END THIS PATHETIC WEAKNESS OF YOURS!" Zoro shouted while holding out Akira over the edge of the Going Merry Boat as he began panicking.

"WAIT, WAIT, WAIT! ASHER, LUFFY, AND JACK HAVE ALSO A WEAKNESS TO THE OCEAN! WHY AREN'T THEY GOING THROUGH THIS SCARY BULLSHIT?!"

"BECAUSE THEY CAN'T PHYSICALLY SWIM AND BECOME WEAK UNDERWATER! THEY HAVE AN EXCUSE! YOU DON'T! YOU ARE A FISHMAN! NOW SWIM!" Zoro screamed while tossing a screaming Akira down into the ocean.

"YOU FUCKING BASTARD!" A furious Nami screamed with white fiery eyes and shark teeth as she ran over to kick a surprised Zoro over the edge of the boat and fell down into the ocean. "YOU BETTER SAVE AKIRA AND BRING HIM ABOARD OR ELSE I WILL KILL YOU!"

"DON'T WORRY, NAMI, I WILL SAVE YOUR BABY BROTHER!" Sanji screamed, wanting to look good to Nami as he then ran forward, but stopped in his tracks as the blonde-haired man took a whiff of Asher's scent and his eyes widened in pure shock and horror...before growing angry as he whirled around to kick a surprised Asher away.

"OW! WHAT THE HELL, DUDE?!" An angry Asher asked as Sanji glared at him venomously.

"YOU BASTARD! I FINALLY REALIZED WHY YOU AND NAMI SEEM DIFFERENT TODAY AND WHY YOU TWO WERE GONE FOR SO LONG! YOU TWO HAD SEX, DIDN'T YOU?!" Sanji asked as Asher blushed heavily and looked away shyly as everyone turned to them in surprise. "YOU MOTHERFUCKER! I WILL KILL YOU FOR STEALING NAMI'S PRECIOUS FLOWER FROM ME!" Sanji screamed while rushing over to tackle Asher into the ground, and the duo began fighting each other as Luffy and the others went over to break them up while Nami ignored what was going on as she was ordering Zoro to save a drowning Akira.

"...They raised the price again?" An annoyed Nami asked as we cue to the next day, and we see the Straw Hat Pirates having a relaxing day out at sea as Nami was talking to Delivery Newspaper Bird while lying on a lawnchair as her Boyfriend was currently exercising by doing some pushups with Cottontail and Jake lying on top of him as Zoro was resting on the floor, Gin was pulling up some weights, Sanji was protecting Nami's Tangerine Orchard (Which was planted there by Nami herself to have a little something from home to remember it by), Luffy was sneakily trying to go over to it, Akira was mopping the floor with Jack supervising him to make sure that he did a good job, and Usopp was currently mixing together some beakers to help expand his arsenal. "Don't you think that's a little too high? Next time the price is raised, I won't buy it, hear?"

"Geez, don't you think you were harsh on him?" A sympathetic Jack asked as the Delivery Newspaper Bird turned around to fly after handing Nami her newspaper. "It's just a newspaper."

"But if you get it all the time, it adds up!"

"Well, you don't have to save up to buy back your village from Arlong anymore, so why keep worrying about money?" Usopp pointed out as Asher nodded in agreement without stopping his exercise.

"Yeah, you can be free of worrying about money forever and just relax."

"You dummies! That's exactly why! I don't have that obligation anymore, so from now on, it's all for myself! I can't go around being some kind of cheapskate Pirate, can I?!" A glaring Nami yelled as Zoro rolled his eyes and scoffed.

"Man, I feel bad for Asher for having such a crazy girlfriend."

"I HEARD THAT, YOU BASTARD!" Nami snapped with a glare, causing a yelping Usopp to accidentally smear hot sauce into his eyes as Jack and Asher laughed.

"Hey, keep it down! I'm in the middle of formulating my, 'Special Tabako Star'! With this, if I shoot it into the enemy's eyes-,"

"Oof!" Luffy grunted as he was trying to sneak over to steal a tangerine from Nami's Orchid, only for a glaring Sanji ran over to kick him down into the ground, causing a surprised Usopp to drop his hot sauce, and it crashed down into the ground as Akira groaned in dismay while Asher and Jack laughed again loudly.

"Come on, guys, I just cleaned that spot..."

"Oh, come on, I just want one of them!" A scowling Luffy shouted as Sanji gave him a menacing glare.

"Never! This is Nami's Tangerine Orchid! I won't allow you to lay a finger on it...NAMI, BABY! THE SECURITY GUARD OF LOVE IS ON DUTY!" Sanji shouted with hearts in his eyes as Nami rolled her eyes dryly.

"Yes, thank you, Sanji."

"She uses him like a tool, that dork Sanji," Zoro says with a scoff as Gin nods in agreement with a solemn look on his face.

"Yep, poor fool has become a simp."

"So, what's happening today, Nami?" Asher asked his girlfriend as said person opened up her newspaper.

"Well, the world seems to be in such chaos right now. There was another coup in Villa, and..." Nami says before trailing off as a flyer flew out of her newspaper and landed on the ground as everyone slowly turned to it...and their eyes widened in pure shock at the sight of Luffy's Wanted Poster of 30,000,000 Berries as they all screamed loudly into the heavens.

They weren't the only ones reacting to the news of the bounty as the Marines were discussing why they had Luffy's bounty be so high and were preparing their fleets and soldiers to deal with the Pirates in the name of absolute peace, a smiling Kaya can be seen lying on a lawnchair on her luxurious boat with Merry going over to show Luffy's Bounty Flyer to her and she was delighted to see the back of Usopp's head on the flyer due to it meaning that he is finally accomplishing his dreams of being a real Pirate as Kaya secretly wishes to be able to see him and the others again.

A smiling Koby was taking a small break after his recent training session with Garp as he was smiling over at Luffy's Bounty Flyer, an extremely happy Gaimon began celebrating with the rest of his animal friends after a Delivery Newspaper Bird gave him the flyer, an excited Tobio ran over to show Gonzo Luffy's Wanted Poster, Iron Mace Alvida was resting on her throne and was handed Luffy's Wanted Poster as she grins seductively, Buggy the Star Clown angrily ripped Luffy's Wanted Poster to pieces and promised to give him vengeance for defeating him, Axe-Hand Morgan was livid to see Luffy's Wanted poster after a Marine brought it over to show it to him in his cell, a recovered Kuro was stunned by seeing Luffy's Bounty while relaxing on his still broken ship as he pushed up his glasses with the palm of his hand, Eldoraggo angrily glared down at Luffy's Bounty as he huffed, Chef Zeff proudly placed Luffy's Wanted Poster in the kitchen of the newly rebuilt Baratie, the residents of Luffy's Home Village began either cheering loudly for Luffy's success in his dream or groaning in embarrassment/anger, and a glaring Smoker could be seen seeing Luffy's Wanted Poster as he angrily burnt it to a crisp with his cigar.

"Check it out, we're wanted criminals now!" Luffy cheered while holding up his poster as an excited Cottontail began reading it.

"Wanted Dead or Alive...30,000,000 Berries?!"

"That's a whole lotta of Berries!" A laughing Luffy says as Jack grinned slyly and patted his back.

"Way to go, Luffy. You were able to get 30,000 Berries in your first year of Pirating. It took me a while before I was able to get that amount for my wanted poster. Congrats."

"Check it out! Even my back is famous now!" A beaming Usopp pointed out while gesturing at the wanted poster as Asher and Sanji did a double take in shock and anger.

"What?! They put Long-Nose in but left me out?!/Bullshit! I helped defeat Arlong, I should get a wanted poster before he does!" An enraged Sanji and Asher screamed while running over to stare at Luffy's wanted picture as they deadpanned when they only saw the back of Usopp's head.

"It's just the back of your head." A jealous Sanji says with a thick mark on his head as Asher nods with a pout.

"Yeah, it doesn't count," Asher says as Usopp merely laughs mockingly.

"Hey, come on now, don't be jealous, guys. Someday you could get one too, and be famous like me, even if you aren't the Captain." Jack pointed out as Asher and Sanji perked up as they and Usopp then wrapped their arms around each other, and they began dancing happily.

"Yes! Let's go to the Grand Line!" Luffy cheered as he then yelped in pain when a pissed-off Nami bonked him on the head with her prosthetic arm.

"Once again you really don't understand the seriousness of this situation!"

"Nami is right, with a bounty on our heads, now every Marine and Bounty Hunter will be after our heads." Gin pointed out wisely due to having his own Wanted Poster and doesn't seem to understand why the others are happy that Luffy has now since they are nothing but a pain in the ass.

"Yeah, now, we can't afford to lounge about in the East Blue anymore. From now on, our lives will be in constant danger." Akira said nervously as Zoro sighed and rolled his eyes.

"Calm down, you three. It's not like we didn't expect this to happen. Instead of panicking, how about we find a way to get out of the East Blue and head to the Grand Line?" Zoro suggested as Nami sighed heavily but nodded while Gin remained silent as Asher and the others continued cheering loudly in the background, but were stopped by Akira going over to tap Asher's back to get his attention.

"What's up, little buddy?" Jack asked curiously as Akira pointed over at Luffy's Wanted Poster.

"Well, it's just that, I couldn't help but notice that my Mother also has a 'D' in her wanted poster and Luffy has one as well as you and Jack, so I just wanted to know, why do we all share the same surname? Does that mean anything?" Akira asked curiously as Asher shrugged.

"Honestly? I have no idea. I have some amnesia, so all I remember is my name and a large and terrifying woman giving me my scar and throwing me into a boat." Asher explained as Akira pouted but nodded as we then cue over to a Marine Ship and we zoom in to see Ironfist Fullbody sitting on a chair, drunk as hell and drinking some wine as his men were hanging around outside boredly as he hiccuped.

"Cheap wine tastes like shit. How I miss the days when I used to sample fine vintages with lovely ladies, but that damn waiter ruined my whole life. Because of him, Marine Headquarters said that I tarnished their good name. I lost my rank as Marine HQ Lieutenant and put me in charge of this hunk of junk in the middle of nowhere."

"Former Lieutenant Fullbody!" A Marine shouted while running into his office as he held Luffy's Bounty in his hand.

"Whadaya want? You're so noisy!"

"Um., it's the new wanted list."

"Yeah, whatever. Put it there. Not like it'd have anything to do with us, anyway." Fullbody says with a scoff as the Marine goes over to place the wanted poster in front of him, and the pink-haired man does a double take at the sight of it as his eyes go wide. "That face...I've seen that face somewhere before...back at the Baratie! Yes! God has given me a chance to escape this boring, lousy post of hell! That kid will be so easy to catch! I'll use him to get my position back!" A smirking and determined Fullbody says as he drops his wine and goes over to kick down the door of his office as he glares. "ALL HANDS! MEN, WE'RE SETTING OFF!" Fullbody ordered, causing all of the Marines to go over and stand in front of him as they all saluted.

"Settin' off, um, where to?"

"...Oh...um, errr, well, they should be near the sea restaurant," Fullbody says to himself thoughtfully...before doing a double take at the sight of the Going Merry casually sailing past them as his jaw drops. "I-It's him!"

"Do you think some pirates attacked it?" Luffy asked Asher, Usopp, Jack, and Cottontail curiously as they were standing near the ledge of the Going Merry and were eyeing the Marine's Boat critically with looks of disbelief and pity in their eyes.

"Yeah, that warship looks scrapped and can barely float." Jack pointed out as Asher sighed heavily.

"It's a pure shame, putting scrapped ships in the sea like that. The poor thing should be put out of its misery."

"Through a woodchipper." Cottontail as a glaring Fullbody pointed at them.

"We are NOT scrap! Are you idiots blind? How could you forget Iron Fist Fullbody?!"

"...Who are you?" A bewildered Asher asked with a raised eyebrow as Cottontail scratched his head in confusion.

"Wait, aren't you that Marine that got his ass kicked by Sanji?" Jack asked with a shocked look as Luffy beamed.

"Oh, yeah! You're that guy from the Baratie! Are you in trouble?! Do you need us to save you?!

"Stop kidding around! Destiny has placed you into my hands! Monkey D. Luffy! You are under arrest!" Fullbody shouted while pulling up Luffy's Wanted Poster as Asher snorted and turned to his Captain amusedly.

"Not even a full day with a Wanted Poster and the Marines are already after you, Captain."

"That's just because I'm awesome," Luffy says with a laugh as Usopp nods.

"And the back of my head looks good, too."

"Heh, it says 'Dead or Alive', a key distinction! Now take aim, men!" Fullbody ordered with a malicious grin on his face as one of his Marines began loading up their cannons.

"Hmmm? What's going on?" Nami asked confusedly while having her prosthetic arm missing as Akira was helping her put some lotion on her stump arm.

"Don't worry, Asher and I will handle this," Luffy says with a grin as Asher nods in agreement, only for Usopp and Cottontail to stop them as Zoro and Jack step forward.

"Ugh, Jack and I will handle this."

"Yeah, you two stay back, you will only get in the way," Usopp says knowingly with Cottontail chirping in agreement as the Marines fire two cannonballs at them, and the duo grows serious as Zoro pulls out Kuina's Sword.

"One Sword Style: Tiger...Strike!" Zoro exclaimed while raising Kuina's Sword as he then swung it downwards and was able to slice one of the cannonballs in half as they splashed down into the ocean harmlessly.

"Zoan Mystic-Ryu Ryu no Mi Model: Human/Beast-Slifer Form!" Jack shouted while using his Devil Fruit Powers to transform himself into his Human-Beast Silver the Sky Dragon Form. "Zoan Mystic-Ryu Ryu No...Thunder Force!" Jack screamed while opening up his first mouth as he generated a big ball of yellow energy inside of it before firing a hot flame-like energy blast that collided against the cannonball and vaporized it into nonexistence as Fullbody and the Marines were left stunned and horrified by these displays of power.

"Nice work!" Asher and the others praised as Zoro turned to glare at the Marines while sheathing up Kuina's sword.

"You shouldn't bug people trying to take a nap." Zoro stated bluntly as Fullbody then composed himself and gritted his teeth angrily as he turned to his men.

"Fire!"

"I don't recommend that," Asher says wisely as Usopp turns to him curiously.

"Really? How come?" Usopp asked just as the Marines tried to set up their cannons as they both promptly blew up into their faces.

"Both cannons had cracks in them," Asher says with a grin as Jack begins laughing loudly with Cottontail pointing at them mockingly as Fullbody fumes and slams his foot on the ledge of his boat as he stands up.

"Listen, you brats! Do not look down upon an Ex-Captain of the Marines! We'll defeat you in close combat! Let's go, men!" Fullbody shouted while leaping onto the Going Merry to throw a punch at Luffy's face with a smug grin on his face...only for his eyes to bug out in shock as he spotted the Rubberman's head stretching backwards.

"Gomu Gomy No...Bell!" Luffy screamed while retracting his head and having it collide against a grunting Fullbody's head, sending him flying back as the others were quick to work.

"Cotton and Bomu Bomu No...Super Teamwork Combo...Nuclear Warhammer!" Asher and Cottontail exclaimed in unison as the Bombman held out his arm and allowed the cotton-made creature to fly over to attach himself to his master's hand as he swiftly morphed himself into a huge warhammer and Asher quickly covered him with explosive pink energy as he then raised his pet up into the air and slammed it down onto the Marine's Boat, blowing it up into a billion pieces as the remains of their destroyed boat ran down from the sky and a fuming Fullbody stood up from the floor as he tried to run over to attack the Straw Hat Pirates, but then-

"Black Leg Style and Man Demon Special Technique...Super Teamwork Combo...Collier Demon Shot!" Sanji and Gin shouted in unison while suddenly rushing out of the Going Merry's Kitchen as they ran over to leap up into the air, and the blonde-haired man delivered a powerful kick to Fullbody's neck while the Man Demon held up one of his metal tonfas and slammed it against his stomach, causing him to grunt in pain as Fullbody was sent flying over to crash against the side of the Going Merry with a pained grunt and stared up at them, specifically at Sanji in shock and horror as he trembled in fear.

"How dare you interrupt a cook in the middle of his work?" An angry Sanji asked as Gin nodded with a glare, helping out his friend in the kitchen as Fullbody trembled even harder. "You frickin' jerk. We're not serving soup today. You wanna lick the deck?"

"WHY IS THAT WAITER HERE?!" Fullbody screamed panickedly while he and his Marines turned around to leap into the ocean as they all began swimming away to safety.

"Huh? Is it over already? What a wimp." A glaring Jack says with a scoff as he morphs back to normal.

"Eh, he's all talk," Asher says with a shrug while Cottontail morphed himself to normal and wrapped around his body as Usopp nodded in agreement.

"That guy's still a jackass," Sanji says with a glare and a scoff as Gin merely crosses his arms.

"You guys are so noisy! Can't I get some peace and quiet while my little brother is helping me put on my lotion that Nako recommended to me to take every day at least once?!" An annoyed Nami asked as a bewildered Akira turned to her.

"Have you NOT noticed that a battle just happened?" Akira asked with a raised eyebrow as Nami shrugged just as he finished putting on lotion on her stump and helped her put on her prosthetic arm as the orange-haired woman then called up everyone for a meeting, and Asher and the gang were quick to rush over to sit around her as Nami pulled out a map and placed it on the ground with a serious glare on her face.

"Now, we're getting very close to the Grand Line. The only way to get there is to go through 'Reverse Mountain',"

"That's a pain in the ass. Can't we just go straight there, from the sea?" Zoro asked with a glare while placing his hands behind his head as Gin and Jack shook their head.

"Nope, trust me, the only way to get into the Grandline is by going through the Reverse Mountain. My Former Crew tried and failed spectacularly."

"There's no other way around it, guys," Jack commented as Luffy then perked up.

"Hey, I have an idea, why don't we head straight into it?"

"Ooh, that sounds interesting," Asher says with a grin as he and Luffy then yelped in pain when a pissed-off Nami hits them both with her prosthetic arm.

"Aren't you two even listening to me?! Ugh, trying to explain things to you two is driving me insane!"

"Uh, if anyone wants my opinion, I think we need to stop by at an island to pick up some extra supplies before heading into the Grand Line. While we have gotten a lot of stuff back at Cocoyashi Village, it's better to be safe than sorry." Akira says as Luffy beamed.

"Exactly, Kid, we need to buy some meat."

"And some rum," Jack says as Gin nods.

"Well, if we are going to need to go and get supplies, then our safe bet is by going to the famous Island, Loguetown."

"Loguetown? Why is it famous?" Asher asked curiously as Zoro narrowed his eyes stoically.

"I'm pretty sure that I've heard of that place before. It's also called, 'The Town of the Beginning and the End',"

"It's the place where the Pirate King, Gold Roger, was born," Nami explained as Jack nodded.

"Yeah, and it's also the place where he was executed."

"For real?" A shocked Usopp asked with Asher's eyes widened in surprise as Luffy grew serious.

"If that is the city where the Pirate King died a long time ago, then I want to see it. The man who owned the One Piece. The man who had everything in the world. I want to go to the place where he was born and died."

And done. I hope that you guys enjoyed the chapter, and I can't wait to write the next one.

Anyway, as always, I will catch you all later.